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Omaha Steve

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Fri Apr 11, 2014, 10:49 PM Apr 2014

Fight over Mickey Rooney's remains averted

Source: CNN

By Alan Duke,

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Mickey Rooney's wife has agreed to drop a legal claim over her husband's remains, according to Rooney conservator Michael Augustine.

Rooney will be buried at Hollywood Forever cemetery following a private family service, Augustine said, instead of another cemetery plot he bought years ago before splitting with his wife. Hollywood Forever is the final resting place of Rudolph Valentino, Cecil B. DeMille and a long list of show biz A-listers.

A date for the funeral will be decided next week, Augustine said. Augustine said he'll approach studio leaders about holding another memorial service the public can attend.

The agreement between Jan Rooney and Augustine, reached just before a court hearing on the dispute Friday, also bans Rooney's estranged stepson Chris Aber from attending the service.

FULL story and photo gallery at link.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/11/showbiz/mickey-rooney-will/





Mickey Rooney, who started as a child star in vaudeville and went on to star in hundreds of movies and TV shows, has died at the age of 93.
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Fight over Mickey Rooney's remains averted (Original Post) Omaha Steve Apr 2014 OP
Good he will be surrounded by friends. Historic NY Apr 2014 #1
What a crying shame. marble falls Apr 2014 #2
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