Andy Rooney passes away at age 92
"It's a sad day at 60 Minutes and for everybody here at CBS News. It's hard to imagine not having Andy around. He loved his life and he lived it on his own terms. We will miss him very much."
Andy Rooney announced on October 2 that he will no longer regularly appear on 60 Minutes. Andy Rooney spent more than 60 years at CBS, and was best known for his essays on 60 Minutes, a regular feature on the show since 1978.
60 Minutes will end its Sunday night episode with a tribute to Andy Rooney by Morley Safer.
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slysnide
He was awesome.
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CelluloidDreams
Do not grieve at the passing of mortality, for life's but a thing of terrible gravity. And the planets gravitate around you, and the stars shall dance about you, and the angels in heaven adore you,and the saints all stand and applaud you. So faraway, so faraway and yet so close.
Nick Cave, "Far Away, So Close"
2 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
Nicholaus XX
R.I.P Andy Rooney..
2 years agoby @XxNickTheFilmCriticXxFlag
skywise
He was very prolific. RIP Mr Rooney.
2 years agoby @skywiseFlag
Summit10
Rest in Peace.
2 years agoby @summit10Flag
ChiRep_1
RIP.
2 years agoby @ChiRep-1Flag
thrashnasty190
Bummer, RIP.
2 years agoby @thrashnasty190Flag
Ghostman
Another news legend lost :'( you will be missed
2 years agoby @ghostmanFlag
Messenger
I hope I live to be that young.
2 years agoby @messengerFlag
bud2fresh
This sucks i grew up watching 60mins and loved listining too his segment at the end of the show. You will be missed my friend.
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