"Annie's just not talking now, " Lennon recalled Funicello's husband saying.

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Annie's, maker of Bunny Pasta with Yummy Cheese, has just gone public.

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"I grew up in Rhode Island and I'd like to retire in Rhode Island, " said Annie Silvia, 61, who now lives with her partner of 30 years just across the border in North Attleboro, Mass.

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"I'm just praying to the Lord that it won't be as serious as what they are thinking, " said Annie Johnson, a retired widow who hid in the basement alone while the tornado busted out her windows.

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