Mickey Rooney dead at 93
April 7, 2014 - 3:40PM
Garry Maddox
The veteran Hollywood entertainer Mickey Rooney, one of the most popular actors in the first half of the 20th century, has died at the age of 93.
His death was confirmed by his son Michael Joseph Rooney.
An MGM star in the 1930s and '40s, Rooney made more than 200 films in a career that lasted nine decades.
At the peak of his career in 1941, Rooney sold more tickets than any other Hollywood star for the third consecutive year ahead of Clark Gable, Bob Hope, Gene Autrey and Bette Davis.
His movies included the hugely popular Andy Hardy series, Captains Courageous (1937), Boys Town (1938), National Velvet (1944), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), The Black Stallion (1979) and the telemovie Bill (1981).
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