Mickey Rooney, Master of Putting on a Show, Dies at 93

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Mickey Rooney, the exuberant entertainer who led a roller-coaster life — the world’s top box-office star at 19 as the irrepressible Andy Hardy, a bankrupt has-been in his 40s, a comeback kid on Broadway as he neared 60 — died on Sunday. He was 93 and lived in Westlake Village, Calif.

His death was confirmed by his son Michael Joseph Rooney.

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Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in “Babes on Broadway” (1941), one of the four musicals they starred in together. Credit Clarence Bull/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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