- Actual godfather was mobster Al Capone.
- When the burial place of L. Frank Baum's niece, Dorothy Gage, was rediscovered, Mickey replaced her deteriorated headstone with one produced by his family's tombstone company.
- Son of Italian immigrants. Had a twin sister.
- Appears regularly on CW11/KPLR-TV's "The Fan Show" in St. Louis, Missouri. (2007)
- Worked for and later owned his family's Monument business. (1980)
- Still does occasional interview and personal appearances. (1996)
- Met Judy Garland in a vaudeville act while both were working on the Orpheum Theater circuit. The resulting friendship led him to being cast as the violin-playing munchkin in "The Wizard of Oz".
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