Mickey Rooney dies: TCM to air 24-hour marathon of his movies

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Actor Mickey Rooney, born Joe Yule Jr. on Sept. 23, 1920, in Brooklyn, N.Y., has died. His career spanned eight decades. From singing and dancing to comedy and drama, the Emmy Award-winning actor was a versatile performer who also had an active social life outside of showbiz that was just as chronicled. Here are some images from his life on- and offscreen. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

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Jackie Cooper, left, and Mickey Rooney use cameras owned by visiting newspaper men on June 22, 1935. (Frank Filan / Associated Press)

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Mickey Rooney hands a gift to Ann Rutherford in “Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary,” 1941. (Archive Photos / Getty Images)

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Mickey Rooney and wife Jan Chamberlin at an AFI opening-night gala in Dallas in March 2008. (Chris Blumenshine / Getty Images)

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Mickey Rooney makes his way to the Governor’s Ball, after the 65th Emmy Awards, held in the L.A. Convention Center, Sept. 22, 2013. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

By Oliver Gettell

April 10, 2014 4:57 PM PT

Turner Classic Movies will pay tribute to Mickey Rooney, who passed away April 6 at age 93, with a 24-hour marathon of his movies.

The marathon will begin Sunday, April 13, at 6 a.m. Eastern time with the 1933 film “Broadway to Hollywood.”

Other films in the marathon will include “A Family Affair” and “You’re Only Young Once,” the first two movies in the Andy Hardy series; “Babes on Broadway,” one of Rooney’s many pairings with Judy Garland”; and “The Human Comedy,” for which Rooney earned an Oscar nomination for best actor.

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The same day, the TCM Classic Film Festival in Los Angeles will feature a newly added screening of the 1944 Rooney film “National Velvet,” to be followed by a conversation by Rooney’s close friend and fellow screen star Margaret O’Brien.

TCM host Robert Osborne said in a statement, “Mickey Rooney was easily one of the most talented people in American show business. Actor, singer, dancer, musician — he did it all. And what’s truly remarkable is that he did it so well for so long.”

TCM also posted a short Rooney tribute video online.

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