Actor Mickey Rooney dies
Actor Mickey Rooney, the pint-sized screen dynamo of the 1930s and 1940s best known for his boy-next-door role in the Andy Hardy movies, has died at 93, the TMZ celebrity website reported.
An MGM star in the 1930s and '40s, the 93-year-old's long career started as a child actor in a series of silent short comedies.
His movies included the Andy Hardy series, Captains Courageous, Boy's Town, National Velvet, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Requiem for a Heavyweight, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Black Stallion and Bill.
Rooney won two special Academy Awards as well as four nominations.
In recent years, his roles included George Miller's Babe: Pig In The City, Night at the Museum and The Muppets.
Rooney was married eight times, the first time to screen beauty Ava Gardner. Asked once if he would marry all his eight wives again, he said, "Absolutely. I loved every one of them."
Reuters