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If I ever complain to an agent about anything, he always has a pained look on his face, like, How can you be so ungrateful? Why, Mick, I just named my yacht after you!
Mickey Rooney
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Mickey Rooney
Age: 93 †
Born: 1920
Born: September 23
Died: 2014
Died: April 6
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