The 100 Greatest Brooklynites: 40 to 31
Geez whiz, did you guys know Mickey Rooney is still alive? Currently 91 years old, he was born in Brooklyn as Joseph Yule, Jr., to Scottish vaudevillians, joining their act when he was younger than two years old. At three, his mother would move him to Kansas City, and soon after to Hollywood, where he’d go on to become a child star regularly paired with Judy Garland, then a grown star who’s still working; just last year he appeared in The Muppets.