Tiffini Hale, ‘Mickey Mouse Club’ member and singer, dead at 46
Tiffini Hale, the “All-New Mickey Mouse Club” member who later turned down stardom, died on Christmas Day. She was 46.
Hale suffered cardiac arrest and fell into a coma earlier in December, and died Christmas morning, her fellow Mouseketeers said Thursday in a Facebook post.
When Disney relaunched the Mickey Mouse Club in 1989 as “The All-New Mickey Mouse Club,” Hale was one of the original members. She was eventually included in pop band The Party alongside four other Mouseketeers: Albert Fields, Chase Hampton, Deedee Magno Hall and Damon Pampolina. Her bandmates shared the news of her death.
“After many prayers and with her family by her side, our dearest Tiff took her last breath Christmas morning. She is now resting peacefully,” the group said. “Her beauty, talent, style and fun loving spirit will forever live in our hearts and memories.”
The Party was the first group that signed to Disney’s Hollywood Records label, and they became a prototype for the Disney star-making machine that would eventually produce Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and the Jonas Brothers, among other acts.
Hale performed and recorded with The Party until 1993, when the group split up. She made a “Mickey Mouse Club” comeback in 1994, where she shared the stage with future stars Christina Aguilera, Ryan Gosling, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake.
Despite her infectious personality, that final 1994 season marked the end of Hale’s acting and singing career. She chose a quiet life instead, even passing on a reunion of The Party in 2013.
“We have to respect her, her feelings and her family’s feelings. That’s what it is,” Fields told Ok! Magazine while hyping up the reunion. “We love her to death.”
Hall, Pampolina and Hampton also made their love clear in the 2013 interview and in Thursday’s post announcing their friend’s death.
“On behalf of Tiffini’s family, and her Party and MMC brothers and sisters,” they wrote, “we want to thank all of you for the love and well wishes you have expressed for our dear Tiffini.”
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