Mickey Rooney - 1920 ~ 2014
 

The legendary Micky Rooney died last night at the age of 93 yrs young.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...ry?id=23217449

http://www.npr.org/2014/04/07/300101...ney-dies-at-93

He lived a nice, long life. Surprised to see he was married 8 times!

Long life indeed......RIP Mr.Rooney. This is a very nice column published in 1993 from the Chicago Tribune, an interview with Mickey at Arlington. I love the quote -
"You bet whatever I bet to place," Rooney says. "You could be worth five, six million dollars. But I didn't come here to finish second."

and another......

From another table a man with white hair and an aggressive manner shouts: "Mr. Rooney, I'm from New York. Can you give me a tip?"

"I'll give you a tip," Rooney says. "Leave the racetrack."


http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1...-joe-yule-jr/3

In a TV interview Mickey Rooney said, "I only lost $2 betting on horses, but I spent a million dollars trying to get it back."