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Mickey Rooney Dead at 93
TMZ ^ | April 6, 2014 | TMZ

Posted on 04/06/2014 7:48:53 PM PDT by Pan_Yan

Mickey Rooney, who spent nearly his entire life in the show business, died today. He was 93.

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To: GeronL

He also served his country in WW2. RIP Mickey Rooney, you will be missed.

In 1944, Rooney enlisted in the United States Army. He served more than 21 months, until shortly after the end of World War II. During and after the war he helped entertain the troops in America and Europe, and spent part of the time as a radio personality on the American Forces Network and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for entertaining troops in combat zones. In addition to the Bronze Star Medal, Rooney also received the Army Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal for his military service.


121 posted on 04/06/2014 10:05:47 PM PDT by NKP_Vet ("It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died;we should thank God that such men lived" ~ Patton)
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To: Everybody
1943 photo of Mickey and Judy Garland at the link
(do not post Getty images due to copyright). . .

Mickey Rooney dies at 93; celebrated child actor of the 1930s and '40s

Click for >>> LA Times article

122 posted on 04/06/2014 10:14:07 PM PDT by deks (Sent from my BlackBerry Q10 smartphone :)
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To: Pan_Yan

Godspeed Mr. Rooney. Thanks for the memories.


123 posted on 04/06/2014 10:27:42 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: Pan_Yan

I too could not believe what I saw when I read about Mickey’s death! Al though he was 93 he was forever young for me. I have lost a large hero and also big part of my life’s memories. I don’t know why his death is so hard for me to wrap my mind around? May God receive Mickey with open and loving arms.


124 posted on 04/06/2014 10:42:45 PM PDT by longhorn too
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To: dfwgator

Another “Great” passes. I just watched this movie yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nhHpuvZiUg


125 posted on 04/06/2014 11:25:20 PM PDT by ohiobushman ( If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Never forget the Twilight Zone episode he appeared in entitled Last Night Of a Jockey !
126 posted on 04/06/2014 11:33:30 PM PDT by sushiman
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To: Pan_Yan
A classic icon for the legitimate theater is the clown and frown masques superimposed or side-by-side.

Mr Rooney's acting range covered them both very well but right now I am feeling the sadness more. I am sure that his friends and costars are welcoming him to that eternal stage where all performances are a success.

127 posted on 04/06/2014 11:44:28 PM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: morphing libertarian

I was about to post the same thing. “I know! Let’s put on a show!”

Norman Lear wanted him to play “Archie Bunker”. Rooney said he told Lear the critics would kill him.


128 posted on 04/06/2014 11:49:29 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: kempster

Yep. He made me cry in “Boys Town”. He was also great in “Young Mr. Edison.” But the Andy Hardy movies were a riot.

The kids today don’t know what a real “star” is.


129 posted on 04/06/2014 11:54:47 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: yarddog
Naked City - Ooftus Gooftus

George Bick is a 40 year old who never grew up. Fed up with his anonymous life and his henpecking wife, he decides to make the world notice him. He becomes the prankster known as "Ooftus Doofus"

I watched a bunch of these on MeTV in the last few years, but I didn't see this one.

130 posted on 04/06/2014 11:55:30 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: IncPen

Did not know he was still alive


131 posted on 04/06/2014 11:56:27 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: itssme
I mostly think of him as Puck in the 1935 film by Max Reinhardt, A Midsummer Night's Dream. It was a big deal in its day, and everything about it is great, as I see it. Many claim that the actors, particularly Mickey Rooney, were not up to the task, but I disagree. This movie is a unique experience.


132 posted on 04/07/2014 12:11:05 AM PDT by dr_lew
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To: dfwgator
Some of his full length films from you tube.
133 posted on 04/07/2014 12:31:07 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fella; MinuteGal

I’m going to head to utube at some point to watch some of his old movies again. A great actor, a great personality, one of the last of the golden age of Hollywood.


134 posted on 04/07/2014 1:29:26 AM PDT by flaglady47 (Oppressors can tyranize only w/a standing army-enslaved press-disarmed populace)
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To: Pan_Yan

God bless Mickey Rooney. From vaudeville, to the silver screen, from National Velvet to The Black Stallion to Bill, his acting talent never faded. Rest in Peace, Joe Yule, we loved you well.


135 posted on 04/07/2014 2:55:18 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: savagesusie

He did a great job in National Velvet


136 posted on 04/07/2014 3:09:48 AM PDT by tommix2
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To: Lizavetta

Dingy Bell.

A great actor, a great comedian, fine singer and dancer. Saw him several times in Sugar Babies on Broadway.


137 posted on 04/07/2014 3:11:58 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: longhorn too

The Mick was not in great health in these last years. I think there was a senility problem. He refused to sign an autograph for a friend of mine at one of those conventions where the whole purpose is signing autographs.

So, I think he’s moved on to a better place. Just think how many movies you can now re-review on Netflix or You Tube. I’m already compiling a list!


138 posted on 04/07/2014 3:16:48 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: NKP_Vet
He also served his country in WW2. RIP Mickey Rooney, you will be missed. In 1944, Rooney enlisted in the United States Army. He served more than 21 months, until shortly after the end of World War II. During and after the war he helped entertain the troops in America and Europe, and spent part of the time as a radio personality on the American Forces Network and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for entertaining troops in combat zones. In addition to the Bronze Star Medal, Rooney also received the Army Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal for his military service.

I had a really amazing experience meeting him a number of years back. I was at a book signing. At the Air & Space Museum's Dulles facility. For the last three, at the time, remaining members of the Enola Gay/Hiroshima crew (Gen Tibbets, Dutch Van Kirk and Morris Jeppson).

Then Mickey Rooney shows up. I don't think it was planned at all, he was just in town by coincidence and wanted to see the museum on the same day of the book signing. He got out of the golf cart he was being taken around in, hung around and joked with the Enola Gay guys for about 10 minutes. Very neat, but also very surreal.
139 posted on 04/07/2014 3:19:36 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: Pan_Yan

140 posted on 04/07/2014 3:37:30 AM PDT by Daffynition ("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
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