Andy Rooney’s 34-year stint on ’60 Minutes’ to end Sunday

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By Kase Wickman



Andy Rooney, the 92-year-old newsman whose verbal essays have been a feature on "60 Minutes" for the past 34 years, will make his last regular appearance on the newsmagazine this Sunday, according to a CBS News release.

Before Rooney's final essay, his 1,097th installment for the show, he will give a retrospective interview to Morley Safer, examining his long career at CBS. He has been with "60 Minutes" since 1978, when he recorded his first essay about deaths from car accidents over the Fourth of July weekend. Since 1979, his essay, "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney," has been a weekly feature on the show.

CBS News officials said that Rooney would be welcome to contribute to the show anytime he wanted.

“It’s harder for him to do it every week, but he will always have the ability to speak his mind on ‘60 Minutes’ when the urge hits him,” Jeff Fager, the chairman of CBS News and executive producer of "60 Minutes" told The New York Times.

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/09/28/andy-rooneys-34-year-stint-on-60-minutes-to-end-sunday/

[Swede]

1. So long,Andy.

:hi:

[RC]

2. 92? No wonder he looks so old.

Quite often Andy was the best part of 60 Minutes.