Mickey Rooney RIP
What a career.
One of my mother's favourites - he was already an established star when she was born in 1935. Read his life story a few years ago. Scottish father (real name Joe Yule). Started out in his parents' music hall act as a baby and then progressed to silent movies in the 1920's.
A lot of sadness in his life - married eight times and none of them worked very well (shortest was 100 days). Just when he found someone compatible and had been married eight years, his fifth wife was murdered in the mid sixties. The USA - what a place. A lot of freedom - but a lot of violence.
Worth tracking down a biography - 93 year life covered so much. Still acting in his nineties ("The Muppets" 2011)
"Always get married early in the morning. That way, if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted a whole day." - Mickey Rooney