Andy Rooney, America's lovable Mr. CrankyPants, has died
by sernabad
Andy Rooney, longstanding CBS mainstay, died November 4, just five weeks after signing off from his long stint on 60 Minutes.
Rooney's broadcasting career began shortly after WW II ended, penning for well-known entertainers, such as Victor Borge and Arthur Godfrey. In the early 60s, he wrote the Everyman essays that the late Harry Reasoner delivered for CBS.
And then, in 1978, Rooney found his niche with the popular newsmagazine, 60 Minutes. In his A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney, he was given free reign to crab about everything from New Year's Eve to Ernest Hemingway to road maps.
Rooney, who was 92, was one to keep his word. He once confided to Mika Brzezinski co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, that he would die when he stopped working.
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