The performance was among Rooney's finest. "Mickey Rooney, to me, is the closest thing to a genius I ever worked with," ''Human Comedy" director Clarence Brown once said. Brown also directed Rooney ...

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Los Angeles police say officers responded to Rooney's North Hollywood home at 4:35 p.m. and attempted to perform CPR to no avail. They say it appears Rooney died of natural causes. He was with his ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor, vaudevillian, comedian, producer, and radio personality. In a ...

Mickey Rooney, the pint-sized, Oscar-winning actor whose movie, television and stage career spanned eight decades and eight wives, has died. He was 93.