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Andy Rooney, Mainstay on ‘60 Minutes’, Dead at 92
The New York Times ^ | Published: November 5, 2011 (20 minutes ago) | RICHARD SEVERO and PETER KEEPNEWS

Posted on 11/05/2011 8:12:43 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative

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.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 60minutes; andyrooney; dbm; deadlib; notbreakingnews; obituary; rooney
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To: NewinTexsas
If you are a truth-telling warrior, why are you not willing to tell such a truth, and shame a traitorous coward?
221 posted on 11/07/2011 12:24:24 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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To: Mr. Silverback
No, I mean

Below is your post. You are challenging me by saying that if I had not served in combat I would not be a real soldier:

You: If you really served in combat in a way that makes it clear you were a real soldier/sailor/airman or Marine,

222 posted on 11/07/2011 12:28:35 PM PST by NewinTexsas
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To: Mr. Silverback
My Vietnam Vet friends

Some of my friends didn't live long enough to become vets.

223 posted on 11/07/2011 12:30:06 PM PST by NewinTexsas
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To: Mr. Silverback

As I recall, Jesse Helms asked that question of Jim Hunt in the 1984 Senate race. Hunt still went on to serve two more terms as governor but never made it to the Senate.


224 posted on 11/07/2011 12:32:09 PM PST by Theodore R.
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To: NewinTexsas

Nice try.

I was holding you to your own standard. You said Rooney was not a soldier. Explain how he was not.


225 posted on 11/07/2011 12:37:19 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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To: Paleo Conservative

Mickey Rooney passed at 93 yesterday.


226 posted on 04/07/2014 7:35:08 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Cvengr

But Wayne Rooney is ok?

227 posted on 04/07/2014 7:36:48 PM PDT by dfwgator
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