We had a lot of love from my mom. Losing her put a real hole in our hearts.” According to Rooney, Mickey would go on to declare Thomason as the great love of his life and would blow a kiss to ...

For three straight years last century, the diminutive actor was Hollywood’s undisputed box-office champion, and the ...

His parents split up when he was 4, and mother and son soon headed to Hollywood. By 1926, Rooney had his first film role, as a midget, in “Not to be Trusted.” Soon he was cast in the Mickey ...

Chris said, "My mother was having a disagreement with ... (Source: Mail Online) When Mickey Rooney died at age 93 last month, he bequeathed his estate, valued at only $18,000 to Chris’ brother ...

Mickey Rooney, whose roller-coaster ... His parents split when he was young, but spurred by his mother, he soon found himself in Hollywood. Before he was 10, he was a star, appearing in dozens ...

How about Rooney?’ asked my mother. `I knew a guy in vaudeville, Pat Rooney.’ ” `Not bad,’ Wilson said. `Mickey Rooney. I’ll run it by my boss and see what he says.’ “He never ...

Mickey Rooney, whose roller-coaster ... His parents split when he was young, but spurred by his mother, he soon found himself in Hollywood. Before he was 10, he was a star, appearing in dozens ...

Rooney’s family issued a statement Monday ... as a dwarf in Not to Be Trusted (1926). A year later, his mother renamed him Mickey McGuire so he could get a leg up in movie auditions to ...