Andy Rooney is dead

kraznyi_oktjabr · 11-05-11, 08:25 AM

MSNBC - '60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney dies

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Andy Rooney so dreaded the day he had to end his signature "60 Minutes" commentaries about life's large and small absurdities that he kept going until he was 92 years old.

CBS News Andy Rooney dead at 92

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Andy Rooney, the "60 Minutes" commentator known to generations for his wry, humorous and contentious television essays - a unique genre he is credited with inventing - died Friday night in a hospital in New York City of complications following minor surgery. He was 92, and had homes in New York City, Rensselaerville, N.Y. and Rowayton, Conn.

Requiescat in pace

Platapus · 11-05-11, 10:53 AM

I liked reading some of his books. He had an entertaining way of looking at every day things/events.

Gerald · 11-05-11, 10:56 AM

RIP Sir.

vienna · 11-05-11, 12:30 PM

Rooney was truly one of a kind, a true American original in the mold of Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, and other commentators/humorists who hold up the foibles of life, make us look at them, and either laugh at them or give us pause as to why we hadn't noticed them before. In an environment where all we seem to have are teleprompter-reading talking heads, commercially-driven sound and/or vidoe bites of "information", or web-based vanity execises, the passing of one more of the last remaining human beings in the media is a sad occasion, indeed. Agree or disagree with him, love him or hate him, it can not be denied he was always true to himself and we are less for his passing. I can almost see him asking St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, "Did you ever notice how the haloes don't seem to sit quite right? And what's the deal with the wings?..."

soopaman2 · 11-05-11, 01:36 PM

Slowly but surely we lose the last of the true journalists...

And are left with agenda driven people like Limbaugh, Beck, Maddow, and Scarborough.

Jimbuna · 11-05-11, 01:45 PM

A credit to his profession...RIP

11-05-11, 10:53 AM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I liked reading some of his books. He had an entertaining way of looking at every day things/events. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	RIP Sir. __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

11-05-11, 01:36 PM	#5
soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	Slowly but surely we lose the last of the true journalists... And are left with agenda driven people like Limbaugh, Beck, Maddow, and Scarborough. __________________ If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill- The most fascinating man in the world.

11-05-11, 01:45 PM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A credit to his profession...RIP __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Rooney was truly one of a kind, a true American original in the mold of Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, and other commentators/humorists who hold up the foibles of life, make us look at them, and either laugh at them or give us pause as to why we hadn't noticed them before. In an environment where all we seem to have are teleprompter-reading talking heads, commercially-driven sound and/or vidoe bites of "information", or web-based vanity execises, the passing of one more of the last remaining human beings in the media is a sad occasion, indeed. Agree or disagree with him, love him or hate him, it can not be denied he was always true to himself and we are less for his passing. I can almost see him asking St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, "Did you ever notice how the haloes don't seem to sit quite right? And what's the deal with the wings?..."