Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor, vaudevillian, comedian, producer and radio personality. In a career spanning nine decades and continuing until shortly before his death, he appeared in more than 300 films and was one of the last surviving stars of the silent film era. At the height of a career that was marked by precipitous declines and raging comebacks, Rooney performed the role of Andy Hardy in a series of 15 films in the 1930s and 1940s that epitomized American family values. A versatile performer, he
Joseph V. Gartlan Jr. Gartlan is the first Virginia politician to have a major highway named after him while he was still alive. Gartlan died at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital on July 18, 2008 after a brief illness. Joseph V. Gartlan Jr. Joseph Vincent Gartlan Jr. (September 21, 1925 – July 18, 2008) was a long-serving Democratic member of the Senate of Virginia. Gartlan was born in Glen Head, New York on September 21, 1925. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1943 to 1946. After the war he attended Georgetown University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1949. He