Andy Rooney

Andy Rooney was an American radio and television writer. He was best known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney," a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes from 1978 to 2011. His final regular appearance on 60 Minutes aired October 2, 2011. He died one month later, on November 4, 2011, at age 92, of natural causes. Born 1919 in Albany, New York, he studied English at Colgate University in Hamilton in Central New York from 1937 to 1941 until he was drafted into the U.S. Army. While in the Army he began writing for the Stars and Stripes newspaper. In 1949 he joined CBS as a writer for Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. In 1968, Rooney wrote a CBS special "Black History: Lost, Stolen, or Strayed" which script won him his first Emmy. In 1970, Rooney quit CBS and read "An Essay on War" himself on PBS when CBS refused to air it. He rejoined CBS three years later to write and produce special programs. Rooney's "end-of-show" segment on 60 Minutes called "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney" began in