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Remembering Mickey Rooney
Remembering Mickey Rooney
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April 7, 2014, 8:07 AM
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Mickey Rooney, Hollywood\'s top box-office draw in the late 1930s to early 1940s, died April 6, 2014, at his North Hollywood home at age 93.
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney, a cast member in the 1963 film "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," is pictured at The Last 70mm Film Festival Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Monday, July 9, 2012, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Mickey Rooney
Actor Mickey Rooney is shown in this file photo as G.I. Dooley in the 1956 Hollywood movie "The Bold and the Brave." Rooney, a Hollywood legend whose career spanned more than 80 years, has died. He was 93. Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said that Rooney was with his family when he died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at his North Hollywood home. (AP Photo/File)
AP Photo/File
Mickey Rooney
Actor Mickey Rooney portrays "Pinnochio," in this September 1957, file photo. Rooney, a Hollywood legend whose career spanned more than 80 years, has died. He was 93. Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said that Rooney was with his family when he died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at his North Hollywood home. (AP Photo/File)
AP Photo/File
Mickey Rooney
In this March 19, 1957, file photo, actor, singer and dancer Mickey Rooney, wearing spats and a pinstriped suit, performs a dance routine during rehearsal for the television show "George M. Cohan Story" in Hollywood, Calif. Rooney, a Hollywood legend whose career spanned more than 80 years, has died. He was 93. Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said that Rooney was with his family when he died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at his North Hollywood home. (AP Photo/File)
AP Photo/File
Mickey Rooney
U.S. actor Mickey Rooney arrives at the Caudwell Children's Charity Legends Ball in London, Thursday May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
AP Photo/Matt Dunham
WWII Museum
Actor and WW II veretran Mickey Rooney speaks at the National World War II museum grand opening celebration for the new additions, the Solomon Victory Theater, Stage Door Canteen and the American Sector as Tom Brokaw, right, and actor Tom Hanks, far right, look on, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni)
AP Photo/Judi Bottoni
MICKEY ROONEY SPENCER TRACY
Mickey Rooney is against the ropes as Spencer Tracy stands by him in this scene from the 1938 movie "Boys Town." Tracy plays the part of Father Flannigan in this film. Actor at center is Frankie Thomas. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
Mickey Rooney, Jane Rooney
In this Sunday, March 7, 2010, file photo, Mickey Rooney, right, and Jane Rooney arrive during the 82nd Academy Awards, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Rooney, a Hollywood legend whose career spanned more than 80 years, has died. He was 93. Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said that Rooney was with his family when he died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at his North Hollywood home. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File
Mickey Rooney
In this Wednesday, March 2, 2011 file photo, entertainer Mickey Rooney testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington about elder abuse before the Senate Aging Committee. Rooney is suing his stepson and others on allegations that they tricked him into thinking he was on the brink of poverty while defrauding him out of millions and bullying him into continuing to work. The case is pending in Los Angeles Superior Court. "I felt trapped, scared, used and frustrated," Rooney told a special Senate committee considering abuse-prevention legislation last year. "But above all, when a man feels helpless, it's terrible." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File
Mickey Rooney
Actor Mickey Rooney poses for a portrait in Los Angeles, Thursday, May 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
AP Photo/Matt Sayles
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney, a cast member in the 1963 film "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," poses at the kick-off of The Last 70mm Film Festival Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Monday, July 9, 2012, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Rooney
Child actor Mickey Rooney is shown in this undated photo. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
Rooney
Actor, singer and dancer Mickey Rooney is shown in this undated photo. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
Mickey Rooney, Dick Van Patten, Mel Brooks
In this Sunday, March 30, 2014, file photo, entertainment icons Dick Van Patten, left, and Mel Brooks flank Mickey Rooney at Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia Calif. (AP Photo/Benoit Photo, File)
AP Photo/Benoit Photo, File
Mickey Rooney
Actor Mickey Rooney attends the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party, on Sunday, March 2, 2014, in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Rooney
Actor Mickey Rooney poses with his Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement at the 55th Annual Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Ca., April 10, 1983. Rooney is honored for his 60 years of contribution to the motion picture industry. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
Mickey Rooney, Ava Gardner
Mickey Rooney and wife, Ava Gardner, arrive in New York in January 1942, en route to Boston where Rooney is to appear at a Red Cross benefit. (AP Photo/File)
AP Photo/File
Mickey Rooney
Child actor Mickey Rooney, 7, is shown as a performer in this undated photo. Rooney, a Hollywood legend whose career spanned more than 80 years, has died. He was 93. Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said that Rooney was with his family when he died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at his North Hollywood home. (AP Photo/File)
AP Photo/File
65th Primetime Emmy Awards Governors Ball
Center, Mickey Rooney is seen at the Governors Ball after the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre on Sunday Sept. 22, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision for Academy of Television Arts & Sciences/AP Images)
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