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Andy Rooney Dies at the age of 92

Started by SteveG1988, November 05, 2011, 07:03:23 PM

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SteveG1988

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/us/andy-rooney-mainstay-on-60-minutes-dead-at-92.html

Passed away on friday.

he was the only reason i would watch any bit of 60 minutes, mostly because i found what he said to be both true and funny (i am 23) due to how blunt he could be. i would tune into the last bit of the program if i could just to get his observations
Roads Clinched

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Hot Rod Hootenanny

I mentioned this on my FB wall, but a handful of years back, Andy, in his newspaper column, wrote about roadmaps. How folding them were impossible, how he was still using a 1967 map of Connecticut some 25 years later.
Please, don't sue Alex & Andy over what I wrote above

rickmastfan67

Quote from: SteveG1988 on November 05, 2011, 07:03:23 PM
he was the only reason i would watch any bit of 60 minutes, mostly because i found what he said to be both true and funny (i am 23) due to how blunt he could be. i would tune into the last bit of the program if i could just to get his observations

Same here.  Sometimes I did watch an entire episode if there was something on it that I wanted to hear about, otherwise just Rooney.

RIP Andy, you were one of a kind that can't be replaced.

signalman

I liked Andy's insight too.  I did not always catch his clip, but if I was near a TV and remembered, I'd tune in to see what he had to say.  RIP Andy.

I too remember him complaining about folding maps back up.  I never had any issues unfolding, then folding the map back up.  Of course, I have been doing it since I was a young boy.  But even back then, I never found it all that difficult    :sombrero:

Scott5114

I'll miss Andy Rooney. His commentary was often poked fun at for being a bit stodgy and behind the times, but I always found it entertaining. He inspired me to write when I was younger, though I don't write for fun so much anymore.
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