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Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney Andy Rooney, 1983.

Andy Rooney

American journalist and essayist
Also known as: Andrew Aitken Rooney
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Andy Rooney (born January 14, 1919, Albany, New York, U.S.β€”died November 4, 2011, New York City) was an American journalist and essayist who was best known for his curmudgeonly commentaries (1978–2011) at the end of the television news show 60 Minutes. Rooney was raised in Albany, New York, the younger of two children born to a felt salesman and a homemaker. He attended Colgate University but, following the outbreak of World War II, was drafted...

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