Oct. 8, 2919
https://people.com/tv/karen-pendleton-micket-mouse-club-mouseketeer-dies-at-73/
She was so talented. They all were. And they were all our friends-next-door. Karen was my first crush (i was 4 when the MickeyMouseClub debuted).
We never met, of course – it was all TV from afar. I did get to meet Sharon, Bobby and Cubby in 2007. They were so friendly, it seemed we knew each other for years.
Karen was a hero. After a nearly fatal car crash paralyzed her in 1983, Karen went on to earn a BA and MA in Psychology and fight for battered women and became a member of the Calif. Board for the Physically Disabled.
Rest peacefully, my little love!