![]() Eisenhower, one of the few politicians who won his approval because, as an Army general during World War II, he had refused to censor Stars and Stripes, the G.I. He admitted to loving football, Christmas, tennis, woodworking and Dwight D. With his jowls, bushy eyebrows, deeply circled eyes and advancing years, he seemed every inch the homespun philosopher as he addressed mostly mundane subjects with varying degrees of befuddlement, vexation and sometimes pleasure. Rooney.īut it was “A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney,” his weekly segment on “60 Minutes,” that made him one of the most popular broadcast figures in the country. Beginning in 1962, he had a six-year association with the CBS News correspondent Harry Reasoner, who narrated a series of Everyman “essays” written by Mr. Rooney entered television shortly after World War II, writing material for entertainers like Arthur Godfrey, Victor Borge, Herb Shriner, Sam Levenson and Garry Moore. ![]() Rooney had been hospitalized after developing “serious complications” from an unspecified operation. 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.”īut a little more than three weeks after that appearance, CBS announced that Mr. Rooney would be making his last regular weekly appearance on “60 Minutes” on Oct. In late September, CBS announced that Mr. Rooney died after complications following minor surgery. 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.ĬBS News said in a statement that Mr. ![]() White - Lonnie - The Godfrey you don't know - Harry Reasoner - A best friend - The flat earth in Kansas - Surrendering to Paris - No, Thank you: Waiting - Hot weather - Neat people - Driving - The White House? No, thank you - The agony of flight - APPENDIX: The following things are true: 99 opinions I'm stuck with - Dislikes - Rules of life - The following things are true - The following things are true about sports - "Happy Holiday" doesn't do it - The more you eat - Life as I see it: Rooney's witticisms.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 on Friday in New York City. The Man Behind the Desk: Sartorial shortcomings - A world-class saver - Born to lose - My name's been stolen - On Writing: There is no secret - It's a writer who makes a fool of himself - The journalist's code of ethics - A report on reporting - Big business - On Work and Money: Procrastination - Fired - Broke - A cash standard - Savings - The Art of Living: Being with people - Being without - Finding the balance - The truth about lying - The sweet spot in time - Life, long and short - The glories of maturity - Plain-spoken Wisdom: Trust - Intelligence - Directions - The quality of mercy - Morning people and night - People - The sound of silence - The Search for Quality: Where are all the plumbers? - On conservation - Design - Quality? - Signed by hand - Loyalty - On Home and Family: A nest to come home to - Real real estate - Home - Struck by the Christmas lull - An appreciative husband's gratitude - My house runneth over - Mother - Grandfatherhood - Simple Pleasures: A trip to the dump - Vacation - Napping - Wastebaskets - Wood - An all-American drive - Christmas trees - Oh, what a lovely game - The urge to Eat: Ice cream - The Andy Rooney upside-down - Diet - Thin for Christmas - The urge to eat - Sodium-restricted diet - On people and places: Thanks, pal - Frank Sinatra, boy and man - E. Rooney goes to dinner - In praise of New York City - An essay on war - III. Drafted - Meeting Marge - A missive to Marge from England - Places of business - Combat - II. ![]()
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