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Only weeks after finally retiring his long-running "A Few Minutes With..." segment on CBS-TV's Sunday night mainstay 60 Minutes, commentator Andy Rooney has died at 92 of complications from surgery for an undisclosed ailment. The full story is here.
Rooney redefined the word "curmudgeon" for two or three generations of viewers. His style and cranky attitude may have lent themselves to parody (and often did), but his observations about life, society and the issues of the day were always anything but boring. Even before becoming "America's favorite grump" on 60 Minutes, his reporting and producing work helped give CBS News its sterling reputation.
Thoughts and prayers go out to his surviving children, his wife having predeceased him by eight years. The world of journalism—and the world in general—are the poorer for his loss.
Rooney redefined the word "curmudgeon" for two or three generations of viewers. His style and cranky attitude may have lent themselves to parody (and often did), but his observations about life, society and the issues of the day were always anything but boring. Even before becoming "America's favorite grump" on 60 Minutes, his reporting and producing work helped give CBS News its sterling reputation.
Thoughts and prayers go out to his surviving children, his wife having predeceased him by eight years. The world of journalism—and the world in general—are the poorer for his loss.
