I met Mickey on a cross country flight in the 80's. He was in the company of an actress, Carol Lynley, who was in some emotional distress. He spent a lot of the flight trying to distract Carol from her funk, and he was delightful to everyone who came up to first class for a look or an autograph. <br />If there had been enough room for him to dance, I am sure he would have exhibited that talent, too. In that 6 hour flight, he proved to be everything that an adoring fan would want from a chance meeting with a movie star.

He was very good at what he did and certainly entertaining to me.

Requiescat In Pace. <br /><br />Some clips of Rooney in It's a Mad, Wad, Mad, Mad World. <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i415QwSj0Og" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i415QwSj0...</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsu3hiP1ikQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsu3hiP1i...</a>