Former Mouseketeer Bonita Lynn Fields Elder dies
Her cousin Robbin Myers said Tuesday that Elder died Saturday at a Richmond hospital following a two-year battle with throat cancer.
Elder had been living in Winchester after moving back to eastern Indiana a few years ago to care for her ailing, now-deceased mother. The Mickey Mouse Club."
Myers said that as teenagers, she and her sister Diana visited Elder at Disneyland. Bonnie!"
She later appeared as a dancer on television shows and on Broadway before opening a dance studio in Santa Monica, Calif. The Mickey Mouse Club."
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.
According to the website of The Original Mickey Mouse Club Show, Elder appeared in 1980 on a televised program marking the 25th anniversary of ‘‘The Mickey Mouse Club. ’’ From 1981 to 1985, she took part in live Mouseketeer reunion shows at Disneyland.
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