Andy Rooney "Sixty Minutes" Commentator Dead at 92

[MuffyBee]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57319150/andy-rooney-dead-at-92/
Andy Rooney dead at 92
November 5, 2011

CBS News)  Andy Rooney, the "60 Minutes" commentator known to generations for his wry, humorous and contentious television essays - a unique genre he is credited with inventing - died today. He was 92 and had homes in New York City, Rensseleaerville, N.Y. and Rowayton, Conn.
Rooney had announced on Oct. 2, 2011 in his 1097th essay for "60 Minutes" that he would no longer appear regularly.
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[San]

Former '60 Minutes' Commentator Andy Rooney Dies

Published November 05, 2011
Associated Press

NEW YORK –  CBS says former "60 Minutes" humorist Andy Rooney has died just a month after his final commentary aired.

He was 92. CBS says he died Friday night in New York.

Rooney spent more than 30 years wryly talking about the oddities of life for "60 Minutes." He would rail about how unpleasant air travel has become, question why banks have important-sounding names or just talk about the old clothes in his closet.

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[San]

Andy Rooney dead at 92




(CBS News)

Andy Rooney, the "60 Minutes" commentator known to generations for his wry, humorous and contentious television essays - a unique genre he is credited with inventing - died today. He was 92 and had homes in New York City, Rensseleaerville, N.Y. and Rowayton, Conn.

Rooney had announced on Oct. 2, 2011 in his 1097th essay for "60 Minutes" that he would no longer appear regularly.

There is no better way to celebrate Andy Rooney's work than to let Andy do the talking.

Rooney wrote for television since its birth, spending more than 60 years at CBS, 30 of them behind the camera as a writer and producer, first for entertainment and then news programming, before becoming a television personality - a role he said he was never comfortable in. He preferred to be known as a writer and was the author of best-selling books and a national newspaper column, in addition to his "60 Minutes" essays.

But it is his television role as the inquisitive and cranky commentator on "60 Minutes" that made him a cultural icon. For over 30 years, Rooney had the last word on the most watched television program in history. Ratings for the broadcast rose steadily over its time period, peeking at a few minutes before the end of the hour, precisely when he delivered his essays - which could generate thousands of response letters.

Each Sunday, Rooney delivered one of his "60 Minutes" essays from behind a desk that he, an expert woodworker, hewed himself. The topics ranged from the contents of that desk's drawer to whether God existed. He often weighed in on major news topics. In an early "60 Minutes" essay that won him the third of his four Emmy Awards, his compromise to the grain embargo against the Soviet Union was to sell them cereal. "Are they going to take us seriously as an enemy if they think we eat Cap'n Crunch for breakfast?" deadpanned Rooney.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57319150/andy-rooney-dead-at-92/

[MuffyBee]

  Good morning San!  I had started a thread for Andy Rooney's death earlier this morning in "Movies and Television", which gave us two threads, so I've merged them. 

[San]

Thanks Muffy.  I didn't see your thread when I first posted.

[MuffyBee]

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/60-Minutes-pays-tribute-to-the-late-Andy-Rooney-2255651.php
'60 Minutes' pays tribute to the late Andy Rooney
November 6, 2011


NEW YORK (AP) — "60 Minutes" has paid tribute to the late Andy Rooney with a rerun far sooner than anyone wanted to see.

The former commentator died Friday night from complications after minor surgery. Only a month ago, the 92-year-old curmudgeon gave his final commentary after 33 years on television's favorite newsmagazine.

On Sunday, veteran correspondent Morley Safer gave a short introduction about Rooney's death. Then, "60 Minutes" reran Safer's interview with Rooney that aired Oct. 2. It was filled with clips from Rooney's essays over the years.
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In Rooney's final essay, he said that he'd lived a life luckier than most and wished he "could do this forever."