Log in

View Full Version : Andy Rooney RIP



WRoss
11-06-2011, 12:14 AM
He was 92 and lived in Manhattan, though he kept a family vacation home in Rensselaerville, N.Y., and the first home he ever bought, 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.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/us/andy-rooney-mainstay-on-60-minutes-dead-at-92.html

This was the guy that got me interested in the world. I remember watching him as a kid. Take care sir and thanks for engaging me!

kookiegod
11-06-2011, 07:53 AM
I'm gonna miss his rants.

CNN.com posted his top 10 rants.

Man was funny and on point all the time. A conversative version of Geroge Carlin. He would have made a mint as a comic.