I made my usual Sunday call to Arizona to check on my mother, and had mentioned how Mickey Rooney had died at 93 and what a sad end to his life with the family fighting over his burial and how his estate had been stolen and squandered by people who took advantage of him in his elder years.
She starts talking about her friend, his second wife and how small the man was, but how big his ego was.........in all of my 62 years she had never told me about her friendship with Betty Jane who became Miss Alabama, nor had she told me she had met Rooney. Here is her link which I just read, and I am simply stunned. Sadly as our parents pass the verbal history is loss. I think we need to take three hour interviews with people about their life and things they did and instead of investing in marble and caskets......simply capture their perceptions during their journey for others to research and understand.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._Baker
I found his first wife Ava Gardner one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. There is a photo of her when she was just 19 with Rooney which I have seen in a Casino where she was simply stunning. Sinatra eventually married her, but until I saw that photo I never could believe in this mortal world we live in such beauty could ever exist. It is just this one photo....I have seen other photos of her which simply do not compare with this beautiful 19 year old standing next to Rooney.
She starts talking about her friend, his second wife and how small the man was, but how big his ego was.........in all of my 62 years she had never told me about her friendship with Betty Jane who became Miss Alabama, nor had she told me she had met Rooney. Here is her link which I just read, and I am simply stunned. Sadly as our parents pass the verbal history is loss. I think we need to take three hour interviews with people about their life and things they did and instead of investing in marble and caskets......simply capture their perceptions during their journey for others to research and understand.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._Baker
I found his first wife Ava Gardner one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. There is a photo of her when she was just 19 with Rooney which I have seen in a Casino where she was simply stunning. Sinatra eventually married her, but until I saw that photo I never could believe in this mortal world we live in such beauty could ever exist. It is just this one photo....I have seen other photos of her which simply do not compare with this beautiful 19 year old standing next to Rooney.