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who/how did he get the nickname 'Doolittle'

posted 13 years ago by bigron722
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In the movie Loretta was married to Doolittle Lynn…Tommy Lee Jones, I know how he got the nickname “Mooney”, but do they ever explain how and who gave him the name Doolittle…..

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[–] 13 years ago

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[–] screenscreams 12 years ago

His birth name was Oliver Vanetta Lynn, Jr.

[–] DCompton86 12 years ago

Doolittle was a nickname he got as a child and Mooney was a nickname from the fact he ran moonshine before he went to war.

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[–] crystal_delgado2003 9 years ago

Doolittle got the nickname because he did very little chores and help with the responsibilities as a child

[–] crlnrgbrght5 8 years ago

I liked how she called him "Doo".