Joe Yule together in a Brooklyn production of "A Gaiety Girl", their only son, Ninnian Joseph Yule, Jr. (later Mickey McGuire, then Mickey Rooney), was born. The Yules separated in 1924 during a slump in vaudeville, and in 1925 Nellie moved with her son to Hollywood. Yule was naturalized as a United States citizen at the United States District Court in Los Angeles on May 14, 1943. Yule died from a heart attack on March 30, 1950 in Hollywood, California. Rooney arranged to have his father buried near Rooney's friend and longtime acting colleague, Wallace Beery, who had died the year before.
Joseph G. Gavin Jr on the Sea of Tranquility on the moon, on July 20, 1969. Gavin was also critical to saving Apollo 13 mission. Gavin received NASA's distinguished public service medal for his role in resolving the Apollo 13 crisis. Gavin was also in charge of development of Orbiting Astronomical Observatory at Grumman. Neil Armstrong (landed on the moon) called Gavin "highly regarded aerospace engineer". Joseph G. Gavin Jr Joseph G. Gavin Jr. (September 18, 1920 – October 30, 2010) was an American engineer responsible for the development of the lunar module used in the Apollo program, as well as president, chief operating