The Answer: $18,000

Question: How much was Mickey Rooney worth when he died?
Fromt he New York Daily News:
A battle over Mickey Rooney’s body went public Tuesday as his lawyers filed a will that revealed the star left an estate of only $18,000.
Rooney disinherited his estranged wife of 35 years, Jan — the last of his eight spouses — and left the surprisingly modest estate to a stepson who had become his caretaker.
A lawyer for his estate rushed to court Tuesday morning asking for an emergency order barring Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles from releasing his remains to Jan Rooney, court paperwork obtained by the Daily News revealed.
The lawyers said Janice and her biological son Chris Aber — whom Mickey sued in 2011 for alleged mistreatment — were “attempting to remove” the actor’s remains from Forest Lawn “against the decedent’s express wishes.”
The judge set a hearing for Friday and ordered Forest Lawn to keep the superstar’s body under lock and key in the meantime.
In the will signed March 11, Rooney named stepson Mark Aber and his wife Charlene as the sole beneficiaries of the $18,000 in personal property he had left to give.
A prior settlement covering his 2012 marital separation stated that Jan would remain the beneficiary on his pensions and Social Security, and Rooney felt that settlement provided adequate care for her, his lawyer Michael Augustine told the Associated Press.
Augustine said the will disinherited Rooney’s eight biological kids because he felt they were in better financial situations than the actor.
Rooney sued another stepson in 2011 claiming elder abuse and financial mismanagement.
Augustine said millions were owed to the actor at the time of his death as a result of a legal agreement, but it was unlikely the estate would ever collect on the judgment.
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It's sad to see any family be torn apart when a loved dies.
But maybe that is what Rooney wanted?