RIP Mickey Rooney

[dellinger63]

Very few can say they had the work portfolio he did.

A horseplayer who according to him, used to get his tickets from the teller already torn up.

[bigrun]

Wow, 93..RIP Mickey and cash a few tickets up there..

He will later say, "There is nothing wrong with a second childhood," but the first thing Mickey Rooney says is, "Call me Mickey."

The next thing he says is, "Del Mar's a toilet."

Del Mar is a racetrack near San Diego, and Mickey Rooney knows racetracks. He is standing in front of the betting windows in the private dining club, the Turf Club, at Arlington International Racecourse, poring over the program for the first race.

"There isn't a racetrack in the world that I have not attended," he says. "I've been to tracks in Beirut before the trouble, to tracks in France and England. Of all the tracks, and I'm not vacillating, Santa Anita (near Los Angeles) is No. 1. Arlington is No. 2."

"I lost a $2 bet 65 years ago and have spent about $3 million trying to get it back," he says typical horseplayer

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entert...,5655436.story

[trackrat59]

Oh I loved mickey Rooney! Sorry we lost him but hey, 93 years is a great run. Thanks Mickey for all the great movies.

[Rudeboyelvis]

From @FollowingTrend:

The late great Mickey Rooney hanging out last week at Santa Anita park with pals Dick Van Patten and Mel Brooks:




Enjoying life right up to the end - RIP