Why did Mickey Rooney change his name?
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Mickey Rooney, aka Mickey McGuire, in the 1940 federal census. Upon further digging, it appears that Mickey Rooney's mother wanted him to change his name legally to “Mickey McGuire” as part of a lawsuit involving copyright and royalties in a string of movies he did based on the comic strip character Mickey McGuire.