Mickey Rooney Jr., the first of cinematic star Mickey Rooney’s nine children and an original Mouseketeer as well as a singer and actor, has passed away. He was 77.
According to Chrissie Brown, Rooney Jr. passed away on Saturday at his home in Glendale, Arizona, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She stated that there is no known cause of death.
Rooney Jr. collaborated with Willie Nelson in bands and acted alongside the musician-actor in the 1980 films Honeysuckle Rose by Jerry Schatzberg and Songwriter by Alan Rudolph (1984).
In addition, he contributed to the soundtrack for John Brahm’s 1966 film Hot Rods to Hell and the 1975 NBC film Beyond the Bermuda Triangle, both of which featured brief roles for him.
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Mickey Rooney Jr.’s cause of death is not yet known
His mother was vocalist Betty Jane Baker, who took first place in the 1944 Miss Alabama pageant.
In Birmingham, Alabama, where the American Army was stationed at the time of World War II, she first met Mickey Rooney.
She was his second wife (after Ava Gardner and before fellow actress Martha Vickers), and they were wed from 1944 until their divorce in 1948. He had eight marriages in total.