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Article: There's no place like Judy's home; Rooney visits Garland's hometown.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- August 9, 1999
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1/3 Mickey Rooney is 78, but think of him as just a year older than his childhood friend, Judy Garland.
Helen Huff does.
"I love ya, kid!" Huff shouted, clasping Rooney's hand in hers and matching the star's impish grin.
Huff, from Bemidji, Minn., is 75. Maybe in Kansas it would matter, but not in Oz - which on Sunday had a Minnesota ZIP code.
Sixty years ago this week, Mickey and Judy whistle-stopped the East Coast together to promote the release of "The Wizard of Oz." The two teenagers were MGM Studios' biggest stars, and they drew a crowd of 37,000 in New York City, their first stop.
On Sunday, to mark the ...
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