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End Of An Era of the Day: Loveable curmudgeon Andy Rooney will make his last regular appearance on 60 Minutes this coming Sunday.
92-year-old Rooney, who started his weekly final-thought segments in 1978, came under criticism in recent years for opinions many felt were increasingly outmoded.
Still, the veteran radio and television writer was a Sunday evening mainstay, and will be sorely missed.
“There’s nobody like Andy and there never will be,” CBS News chairman Jeff Fager said. “He’ll hate hearing this, but he’s an American original. His contributions to 60 Minutes are immeasurable; he’s also a great friend.”
Though Rooney told TVNewser last year that he plans to keep working for the show until he “dropped dead,” Fager said it’s been “harder for him to do it every week,” adding that he was welcome back “to speak his mind on 60 Minutes when the urge hits him.”
In related news, RIP Joe Mande’s Andy Rooney Game.
[@cbsradionews / tvnewser / thr.]
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End Of An Era of the Day: Loveable curmudgeon Andy Rooney will make his last regular appearance on 60 Minutes this coming Sunday.
92-year-old Rooney, who started his weekly final-thought segments in 1978, came under criticism in recent years for opinions many felt were increasingly outmoded.
Still, the veteran radio and television writer was a Sunday evening mainstay, and will be sorely missed.
“There’s nobody like Andy and there never will be,” CBS News chairman Jeff Fager said. “He’ll hate hearing this, but he’s an American original. His contributions to 60 Minutes are immeasurable; he’s also a great friend.”
Though Rooney told TVNewser last year that he plans to keep working for the show until he “dropped dead,” Fager said it’s been “harder for him to do it every week,” adding that he was welcome back “to speak his mind on 60 Minutes when the urge hits him.”
In related news, RIP Joe Mande’s Andy Rooney Game.
[@cbsradionews / tvnewser / thr.]
What will be his final list? Fruits he hates, why he hates movies, how to not spend money?
