And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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)
Was that one kid per wife with one illigitimate, or how do the numbers fall out?
ReplyDeleteAnd married first to Ava Gardner. Damn!
DeleteWife 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)