“The Mickey Mouse Club” first premiered in October 1955 under the leadership of the one and only Walt Disney. The long-lasting variety show served as incubator for more than a few major future stars ...

Karen Pendleton joined the cast as one of the youngest members and remained a regular for the entire show's run on ABC from 1955-1959 Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE.

Karen Pendleton, one of the original Mouseketeers on 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' died from a heart attack on Sunday in Fresno, California, Disney historian and author Lorraine Santoli announced. She was ...

A man with a long rap sheet has been arrested in the death of a Dennis Day, an original Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer, according to a report. Day disappeared 12 months ago. His body was found in April ...

Mickey Rooney Jr., the eldest son of Hollywood star Mickey Rooney who went on to become an original Mouseketeer, musician and actor, has died. He was 77. Rooney Jr.’s death was announced by Paul ...

Karen Pendleton, one of the original Mouseketeers on Disney’s The Mickey Mouse Club, died of a heart attack on Sunday in Fresno, Calif. She was 73. Author and Disney historian Lorraine Santoli ...

Karen Pendleton, one original Mouseketeers from The Mickey Mouse Club in the 1950s, died Sunday of a heart attack in Fresno, CA. She was 73. Author and Disney historian Lorraine Santoli announced the ...