Mickey Rooney Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963), and "The Black Stallion" (1979). In the early 1980s, he returned to Broadway in "Sugar Babies" and again became a celebrated star. Rooney made hundreds of appearances on TV, including dramas, variety programs, and talk shows, and won an Emmy in 1982 plus a Golden Globe for his role in "Bill" (1981). At his death, "Vanity Fair" called him "the original Hollywood train wreck". He struggled with alcohol and pill addiction. Ava Gardner was his first wife, and he would go on to marry an additional seven times. Despite earning millions during his career, he
Mickey Rooney later replaced by Jo Anne Worley. Rooney wrote a memoir titled "Life is Too Short", published by Villard Books in 1991. A "Library Journal" review said that "From title to the last line, 'I'll have a short bier', Rooney's self-deprecating humor powers this book." He wrote a novel about a child star, published in 1994, "The Search For Sunny Skies". Despite the millions of dollars that he earned over the years, such as his $65,000 a week earnings from "Sugar Babies", Rooney was plagued by financial problems late in life. His longtime gambling habit caused him to "gamble away his