Monday, April 7, 2014

Married 8 times, fathered nine kids

Lived to 93.  Listen to that drummer boy play!

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  1. Was that one kid per wife with one illigitimate, or how do the numbers fall out?

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    1. And married first to Ava Gardner. Damn!

      Wife Years Children
      Ava Gardner 1942–1943
      Betty Jane Rase 1944–1949 Mickey Rooney, Jr. (born July 3, 1945)
      Tim Rooney (January 4, 1947 – September 23, 2006)
      Martha Vickers 1949–1951 Theodore Michael Rooney (born April 13, 1950)
      Elaine Devry 1952–1958
      Barbara Ann Thomason
      (a.k.a.: Tara Thomas, Carolyn Mitchell) 1958–1966 Kelly Ann Rooney (born September 13, 1959)
      Kerry Rooney (born December 30, 1960)
      Michael Joseph Rooney (born April 2, 1962)
      Kimmy Sue Rooney (born September 13, 1963)
      Marge Lane 1966–1967
      Carolyn Hockett 1969–1975 Jimmy Rooney (adopted from Carolyn's previous marriage) (born in 1966)
      Jonelle Rooney (born January 11, 1970)
      Jan Chamberlin 1978–2014 (Separated May 2013)

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