Former Mouseketeer, Bonnie Lynn Fields has died at the age of 68.
The Associated Press reports the dancer -- whose full name was Bonita Lynn Fields Elder -- succumbed to a two-year battle with throat cancer.
Fields joined "The Mickey Mouse Club" in 1957 at the age of 12. Originally from Indiana, she moved with her parents to California at age nine.
Three years later, Bonnie's dancing talents won her a coveted spot on the popular children's program.
Fields passed away in Indiana, where she had moved in the past few years to care for her mother, who is now deceased.
The Associated Press reports the dancer -- whose full name was Bonita Lynn Fields Elder -- succumbed to a two-year battle with throat cancer.
Fields joined "The Mickey Mouse Club" in 1957 at the age of 12. Originally from Indiana, she moved with her parents to California at age nine.
Three years later, Bonnie's dancing talents won her a coveted spot on the popular children's program.
Fields passed away in Indiana, where she had moved in the past few years to care for her mother, who is now deceased.
- 11/20/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Indianapolis — Former Mouseketeer Bonita Lynn Fields Elder, an agile dancer who showcased those skills on the 1950s children's show "The Mickey Mouse Club" and later performed on Broadway, has died in Indiana at age 68.
Her cousin Robbin Myers said Tuesday that Elder died Saturday at a Richmond hospital following a two-year battle with throat cancer. Elder had smoked for decades but quit after her diagnosis, Myers said.
Elder had been living in Winchester after moving back to eastern Indiana a few years ago to care for her ailing, now-deceased mother.
She was 12 in 1957, when her dancing abilities helped her win a slot on the third season of "The Mickey Mouse Club." She auditioned in California, where her family had moved from Indiana when she was 9.
Elder always went by the name Lynn, but she adopted the stage name "Bonnie" – a shortened version of her real first name – at the suggestion...
Her cousin Robbin Myers said Tuesday that Elder died Saturday at a Richmond hospital following a two-year battle with throat cancer. Elder had smoked for decades but quit after her diagnosis, Myers said.
Elder had been living in Winchester after moving back to eastern Indiana a few years ago to care for her ailing, now-deceased mother.
She was 12 in 1957, when her dancing abilities helped her win a slot on the third season of "The Mickey Mouse Club." She auditioned in California, where her family had moved from Indiana when she was 9.
Elder always went by the name Lynn, but she adopted the stage name "Bonnie" – a shortened version of her real first name – at the suggestion...
- 11/20/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Indianapolis — Former Mouseketeer Bonita Lynn Fields Elder, an agile dancer who showcased those skills on the 1950s children's show "The Mickey Mouse Club" and later performed on Broadway, has died in Indiana at age 68.
Her cousin Robbin Myers said Tuesday that Elder died Saturday at a Richmond hospital following a two-year battle with throat cancer. Elder had smoked for decades but quit after her diagnosis, Myers said.
Elder had been living in Winchester after moving back to eastern Indiana a few years ago to care for her ailing, now-deceased mother.
She was 12 in 1957, when her dancing abilities helped her win a slot on the third season of "The Mickey Mouse Club." She auditioned in California, where her family had moved from Indiana when she was 9.
Elder always went by the name Lynn, but she adopted the stage name "Bonnie" – a shortened version of her real first name – at the suggestion...
Her cousin Robbin Myers said Tuesday that Elder died Saturday at a Richmond hospital following a two-year battle with throat cancer. Elder had smoked for decades but quit after her diagnosis, Myers said.
Elder had been living in Winchester after moving back to eastern Indiana a few years ago to care for her ailing, now-deceased mother.
She was 12 in 1957, when her dancing abilities helped her win a slot on the third season of "The Mickey Mouse Club." She auditioned in California, where her family had moved from Indiana when she was 9.
Elder always went by the name Lynn, but she adopted the stage name "Bonnie" – a shortened version of her real first name – at the suggestion...
- 11/20/2012
- by AP
- Aol TV.
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