In the process, Sgt. Rooney flew with the 8th Air Force on the first American bombing raid over Germany and covered the invasion of France after landing on a Normandy beach four days after D-day in June Rooney was earning his living freelancing magazine stories when a chance meeting with Arthur Godfrey in an elevator at CBS in New York City in changed his fortune. She died in Sylvere Lotringer, intellectual who infused U.
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Andy Rooney in Photos: Andy Rooney - For millions of Americans, Rooney was a welcome visitor into their homes on Sunday evenings, an old familiar face appearing for a few minutes at the tail end of one of the most highly rated programs in television history. He preferred to be known as a writer and was the author of best-selling books and a national newspaper column, in addition to his "60 Minutes" essays. Veteran correspondent works into his 90s as a "60 Minutes" commentator.
But it is his television role as the inquisitive and cranky commentator on "60 Minutes" that made him a cultural icon. For over 30 years, Rooney had the last word on the most watched television program in history. Ratings for the broadcast rose steadily over its time period, peaking at a few minutes before the end of the hour, precisely when he delivered his essays - which could generate thousands of response letters.
Each Sunday, Rooney delivered one of his "60 Minutes" essays from behind a desk that he, an expert woodworker, hewed himself. The topics ranged from the contents of that desk's drawer to whether God existed.
He often weighed in on major news topics. In an early "60 Minutes" essay that won him the third of his four Emmy Awards, his compromise to the grain embargo against the Soviet Union was to sell them cereal. Mainly, his essays struck a chord in viewers by pointing out life's unspoken truths or more often complaining about its subtle lies, earning him the "curmudgeon" status he wore like a uniform.
In typical themes, Rooney questioned labels on packages, products that didn't seem to work and why people didn't talk in elevators. Rooney was a freelance writer in when he encountered CBS radio star Arthur Godfrey in an elevator and — with the bluntness millions of people learned about later — told him his show could use better writing.
Godfrey hired him and by , when he moved to TV, Rooney was his only writer. He returned to CBS three years later as a writer and producer of specials.
His words sometimes landed Rooney in hot water. CBS suspended him for three months in for making racist remarks in an interview, which he denied. Rooney, who was arrested in Florida while in the Army in the s for refusing to leave a seat among blacks on a bus, was hurt deeply by the charge of racism.
The AP switchboard was flooded by some 7, phone calls and countless postcards were sent to the AP mail room.
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