Andrew Rooney
Birthday:
January 14, 1919 in Albany, New York, USA
Birth Name:
Andrew Aitken Rooney
Andy Rooney grew up in Albany and attended The Albany University and Colgate Academy. In 1941, at the age of 22 he was drafted into the Army and was posted to London. There he began writing for Stars and Stripes, the US armed forces newspaper and later in the war he became one of the first US journalists to report on the Nazi concentration camps.He...
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Andy Rooney grew up in Albany and attended The Albany University and Colgate Academy. In 1941, at the age of 22 he was drafted into the Army and was posted to London. There he began writing for Stars and Stripes, the US armed forces newspaper and later in the war he became one of the first US journalists to report on the Nazi concentration camps.He began working as a broadcast journalist in 1949 for CBS and established a name for himself over many years as a correspondent and commentator. He is probably best remembered by TV audiences for his regular closing segment on 60 Minutes (1968), "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney".He died in November 2011 at the age of 92 but had continued working until just a few weeks earlier. Show less «
Death is just a distant rumor to the young.
Death is just a distant rumor to the young.
As someone who never misses a Giants game myself, I want to talk about the IQ of football fans.
As someone who never misses a Giants game myself, I want to talk about the IQ of football fans.
I just wish insignificance had more stature.
I just wish insignificance had more stature.
If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.
If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.
There are more beauty parlors than there are beauties.
There are more beauty parlors than there are beauties.
I don't like music I can't hum.
I don't like music I can't hum.
