An icon passes away

November 5, 2011 | SoundOffSister | | ,

On Friday evening a favorite of mine, and perhaps yours, passed away…Andy Rooney.  Since the fall of 1978, he has been a fixture on the CBS Sunday night show “60 Minutes”.

At the young age of 92, he retired from 60 Minutes last month, and I missed him.  Now, I will miss him more.

I miss his dry humor, his wit, his wisdom, his insights into some of the silly things we do, and, some of the silly things government does.

Here is a link to the video of Mr. Rooney’s first appearance on 60 Minutes.  If you were a fan of Mr. Rooney, go to the link.  If you never watched him, go to the link and see what you missed.

To me, the world of journalism has lost one of the best.

 

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The Sound Off Sister was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and special trial attorney for the Department of Justice, Criminal Division; a partner in the Florida law firm of Shutts & Bowen, and an adjunct professor at the University of Miami, School of Law. The Sound Off Sister offers frequent commentary concerning legislation making its way through Congress, including the health reform legislation passed in early 2010.

10 Comments

  1. Benjamin Less on November 6, 2011 at 1:10 am

    Mr Rooney was our neighbor here in Rowayton, CT.? It was perhaps my own daughters that asked him for his autograph once in front of the old [now gone] restaurant, the River Cat Grill.? “I don’t give autographys,” he said laughingly.? I believe 60 Minutes actually filmed his spots at his house on Rowayton Ave.? He’d tell the public it was from NY, but everything south of the Merritt Parkway, Fairfield County for him was NY anyways.? May have been a stretch of truth but for us, Mr. Rooney was our town icon, autographs or not.
    He will be missed.



  2. winnie on November 6, 2011 at 6:02 am

    I grew up watching 60 Minutes every Sunday evening with my parents.? We didn’t have multiple television sets, and if I’m not mistaken we only had 4 stations (CBS,NBC & ABC…and, well, PBS…but they weren’t much for evening viewing unless you hit them on Masterpiece Theater night).? As a child, I found most of the 60 Minutes stories boring, but always looked forward to Andy Rooney.? After viewing the link you provided, SOS, of his first segment, you have to admit that he had a real talent for looking at statistics from the bright side…”fewer people dying of boredom”.?? Too funny.



  3. crystal4 on November 6, 2011 at 9:23 am

    I loved that cranky yankee. RIP Mr. Rooney.



  4. gillie28 on November 6, 2011 at 10:55 am

    Same here.



  5. ricbee on November 6, 2011 at 10:48 pm

    He was fun,oftentimes the best part of the show. He will still be quoted for the next 1/2 century-at least. Unless I live longer then that.



  6. ricbee on November 6, 2011 at 10:54 pm

    Thanks for the link,but the Slate ad may have been better.



  7. Anne-EH on November 7, 2011 at 7:21 am

    RIP Andy Rooney.?

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  8. Anne-EH on November 7, 2011 at 7:23 am

    This week will be a BIG catch-up week for me because of having no power for one week.

    Getting back about Mr. Rooney’s passing, truly he was a LIVING ICON in many ways.?



  9. Moe on November 7, 2011 at 7:50 pm

    I remember when he became a regular on “60 minutes”. ?Have several of his books; a?very amusing man. Now he belongs to the ages.?



  10. Trubearsfan2011 on November 12, 2011 at 3:34 pm

    Yeah Mr. Rooney was a favorite of mine and he had the guts to confront many issues and said things that we all thought of saying.



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