Mickey Rooney Jr, original Disney Mouseketeer and son of screen legend, dies aged 77
metro.co.ukMickey Rooney Jr has died at the age of 77, it has been confirmed. The musician, who was an original Disney Mouseketeer and the son of late Hollywood acting legend Mickey Rooney, died on Saturday.A cause of death has not been revealed, but Rooney Jr’s longtime companion Chrissie Brown told The Hollywood Reporter that he died at his home in Glendale, Arizona.
Brown said: ‘He was a wonderful man. The last 18 years with me and my family, he’s been an angel.’ Rooney Jr’s friend and fellow Mouseketeer Paul Petersen, also paid tribute to the late star and wrote in a Facebook post: ‘Mickey Rooney, Jr peacefully passed away this morning in Arizona.
For the past many years, he lived with and was in the care of Chrissie Brown and her family. ‘I first met Mickey, the oldest of nine siblings sired by his famous father when he and Timmy were hired by Disney to be Mouseketeers in 1955.
Mickey Junior was tall and talented. He could sing, dance and act…and get in trouble. We three were fired for Conduct Unbecoming a Mouse!’ Petersen continued: ‘Mickey Junior was the personification of “damaged goods.” He gave all he could.
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