Andy Rooney entered television soon after the second world war writing entertainment material. His segment on 60 Minutes made him famous - he was better known for the things he didn't like.
Born Andrew Aitken Rooney in 1919 in Albany, he was a copy boy at the Knickerbocker News before entering College University where he played left guard on the football team. He was drafted into the army three months before the attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941. He distinguished himself as sergeant and earned a Bronze Star for reporting underfire at the Battle at Normandy!
He returned to writing after the war and the rest is history ... farewell to a beloved curmudgeon.
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