Andy Rooney, RIP

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:53 am

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Andy Rooney, Mainstay on ‘60 Minutes’, Dead at 92

Andy Rooney, whose prickly wit was long a mainstay of CBS News and whose homespun commentary on “60 Minutes,” delivered every week from 1978 until 2011, made him a household name, died Friday in New York City.

He was 92 and lived in Manhattan, though he kept a family vacation home in Rensselaerville, N.Y., and the first home he ever purchased, in Rowayton, Conn.

CBS News said in a statement that Mr. Rooney died after complications following minor surgery.

In late September, CBS announced that Mr. Rooney would be making his last regular weekly appearance on “60 Minutes” on Oct. 2. After that, said Jeff Fager, the chairman of CBS News and the program’s executive producer, he would “always have the ability to speak his mind on ‘60 Minutes’ when the urge hits him.”

But a little more than three weeks after that appearance, CBS announced that Mr. Rooney had been hospitalized after developing “serious complications” from an unspecified operation.

More: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/us/an ... at-92.html

Ross · 03 Jun 2007

RIP. At least he got to do what he loved right up until the end.

(T)Eddy · **Joined:** 02 Jul 2009 **Posts:** 11767

I was born on his birthday. :sigh:

Anyway, I remember seeing a book of his WWII memoirs. There's a picture
of him on the back cover as he was drafted, and he looks like the most miserable
guy in the world. His caption said that the picture accurately depicted his feelings
about joining the army.

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

He had a good life doing what he loved and living to 92. He was also a big NY Giants football fan and got to see a few Super Bowl wins, so all was good.

Jilerb · 26 Jan 2009

RIP, Andy. You will be missed.

JGordonBD · 17 Aug 2007

Did you know that Andy worked with Curt Swan on The Stars And Stripes newspaper during World War II? They weren't close friends, but Andy apparently wrote a rememberance about Curt when he passed away. The Eddy Zeno-written book about Curt provides more detail on this curious relationship.

Jim

Andy Rooney, RIP

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