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Child star Mickey Rooney poses for a promotional photo at age 5 in this photo dated about 1925. (AP Photo/File) ( Obit Mickey Rooney )

Child actor Mickey Rooney, 7, is shown as a performer in this undated photo. (AP Photo/File) ( Obit Mickey Rooney )

Jackie Cooper, left, and Mickey Rooney, child actors, after an opportunity to use cameras owned by visiting newspaper men, believe they'd rather work behind the lenses instead of in front of them. They are shown in their first attempt at picture taking, June 22, 1935. (AP Photo/Frank Filan) ( Jackie Cooper and Mickey Rooney )

n this March 19, 1957, file photo, actor, singer and dancer Mickey Rooney, wearing spats and a pinstriped suit, performs a dance routine during rehearsal for the television show "George M. Cohan Story" in Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/File) ( Obit Mickey Rooney )

In this Jan. 5, 1942, file photo, Mickey Rooney, 21, Movieland's No. 1 box office star, and Ava Gardner, 19, of Wilson, N.C., pose together in Santa Barbara, Calif., shortly after the couple applied for a marriage license. (AP Photo/File) ( Obit Mickey Rooney )

Mickey Rooney and wife, Ava Gardner, arrive in New York in January 1942, en route to Boston where Rooney is to appear at a Red Cross benefit. (AP Photo/File) ( Obit Mickey Rooney )

Actor Mickey Rooney is shown in this file photo as G.I. Dooley in the 1956 Hollywood movie "The Bold and the Brave."(AP Photo/File) ( Obit Mickey Rooney )

Actress Martha Vickers and Actor Mickey Rooney cast adoring eyes on each other, at Vicker's home in North Hollywood, Calif., on March 7, 1949. The couple is engaged, however the bride will not be free to wed until late summer when her divorce from publicist A.C. Lyles is final. (AP Photo) ( MICKEY ROONEY MARTHA VICKERS )

Mickey Rooney clowns around between rehearsals of "Mr. Broadway" in New York City on April 25, 1957. Rooney has the role of composer George M. Cohan in the show. (AP Photo) ( ROONEY MR. BROADWAY )

Flashing the same smile known to millions of film-goers, Mickey Rooney, 22, year-old film star, steps from the induction station at Fort MacArthur, Los Angeles, California, on June 26, 1944, wearing an army uniform and carrying a duffel bag over his shoulder. ? (AP Photo) ( USA Mickey Rooney )

Movie actor Mickey Rooney with an armful of millionaires and dancing a jig in Detroit on Feb. 9, 1940. With him are Edsel and Henry Ford. Rooney has the title role in a Thomas Edison film which will have its world premiere Saturday at Port Huron, Mich. Henry Ford and Edison were close friends. Rooney was a guest of the Fords. (AP Photo) ( Mickey Rooney with Edsel and Henry Ford )

Movie star Mickey Rooney and his bride Ava Gardner enjoy their honeymoon in Del Monte, Ca. on Jan. 12, 1942. They were married in Ballard on Jan. 10. (AP Photo) ( GARDNER ROONEY SWINGING )

Pfc. Mickey Rooney, former film star, imitates some Hollywood actors for the entertainment of infantrymen of the 44th Division of the U.S. Seventh Army, April 24, 1945. Rooney is a member of a three-man unit making a jeep tour to entertain troops in Germany. (AP Photo) ( WWII Entertainment Rooney 1945 )

Pvt. Mickey Rooney attends a Hollywood movie premiere with his mother, Nell Pankey, on Aug. 17, 1944. The actor is back in Hollywood after completing three months of basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas. (AP Photo) ( PVT. ROONEY MOTHER )

In this June 26, 1963, file photo, Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney put their heads together over a television script for their first onstage reunion in 18 years, for the taping of the first of 32 variety shows which Garland will do for CBS next season. (AP Photo/File) ( Obit Mickey Rooney )

In this Thursday, Aug. 27, 1981, file photo, veteran comic Mickey Rooney wears a Napoleonic-era hat as he tapes an ìI love New Yorkî television commercial with British-American actress Elizabeth Taylor, in New York. (AP Photo/GPB, File) ( Obit Mickey Rooney )

Entertainer Bob Hope, left, presents the Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement to actor Mickey Rooney at the 55th Annual Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Ca., April 10, 1983. Rooney is honored for his 60 years of contribution to the motion picture industry. (AP Photo) ( OSCARS ROONEY HOPE )

Actor Mickey Rooney poses with his Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement at the 55th Annual Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Ca., April 10, 1983. Rooney is honored for his 60 years of contribution to the motion picture industry. (AP Photo) ( OSCARS ROONEY )

Actor Mickey Rooney portrays "Pinnochio," in this September 1957, file photo. Rooney, a Hollywood legend whose career spanned more than 80 years, has died. He was 93. Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said that Rooney was with his family when he died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at his North Hollywood home. (AP Photo/File) ( Obit Mickey Rooney )

Actor Mickey Rooney is pictured with his children at a beach location in this undated photograph. From left are: daughter Kerry, 4, son Kyle, 3, and 5-year-old daughter Kelly, 5. (AP Photo) ( MICKEY ROONEY AND CHILDREN )

Mickey Rooney, 18-year-old film actor, singer and dancer, plants his hands into the cement next to his footprint and signature in the forecourt of Grauman's Theater on Hollywood Boulevard during induction ceremonies in Hollywood, Ca., on Oct. 19, 1938. (AP Photo) ( HOLLYWOOD MICKEY ROONEY )

In this Wednesday, March 2, 2011, file photo, entertainer Mickey Rooney waves on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to testifying about elder abuse, before the Senate Aging Committee. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) ( APTOPIX Obit Mickey Rooney )

Actor Mickey Rooney (R) and his wife Jan arrive at AARP Magazine's "10th Annual Movies For Grownups" Awards Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on February 7, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) ( 108906110 )

In this Monday, April 26, 2004, file photo, Jan, left, and Mickey Rooney pose for photographs after having unveiled their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ann Johansson, File) ( Obit Mickey Rooney )

In this Thursday, May 19, 2011, file photo, actor Mickey Rooney poses during a portrait session in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File) ( Obit Mickey Rooney )

LOS ANGELES - JANUARY 27:Actor Mickey Rooney and wife Jan at the cocktail party during the 14th annual Screen Actors Guild awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on January 27, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) ( 79264324CH001_14th_Annual_S )

In this Wednesday, March 2, 2011, file photo, Senate Aging Committee Chairman Sen. Herb Kohl. D-Wis., center, gets a hug from entertainer Mickey Rooney, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., looks on at left, prior to Rooney testifying about elder abuse, before the committee. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) ( Obit Mickey Rooney )

Actor Mickey Rooney and wife Jan Rooney arrive at the premiere of Columbia Pictures' "2012" at the Regal Cinemas LA live on November 3, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) ( 92703815 )

In this Wednesday, March 2, 2011, file photo, entertainer Mickey Rooney testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, about elder abuse, before the Senate Aging Committee. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) ( Obit Mickey Rooney )

Mickey Rooney holds his autobiography, "Life Is Too Short," during a book signing at a bookstore in New York City on April 1, 1991. Rooney, 70, has been married eight times, appeared on Broadway and has made 150 films. (AP Photo/David Cantor) ( MICKEY ROONEY )

In this Sunday, March 7, 2010, file photo, Mickey Rooney, right, and Jane Rooney arrive during the 82nd Academy Awards, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File) ( Obit Mickey Rooney )

In this Sunday, March 30, 2014, file photo, entertainment icons Dick Van Patten, left, and Mel Brooks flank Mickey Rooney at Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia Calif. (AP Photo/Benoit Photo, File) ( Obit Mickey Rooney )

In this Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008, file photo, Mickey Rooney takes the stage to make an award presentation at the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) ( Obit Mickey Rooney )

Actor Mickey Rooney and wife Jan's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 26, 2004 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) ( 3449216VB023_rooney )