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Rooney, Andrew A

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Personal name headingRooney, Andrew A.
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Variant(s)Rooney, Andy
Birth date1920-01-14
Death date2011-11-04
Place of birthAlbany (N.Y.)
Profession or occupationAuthors Journalists Television journalists War correspondents
Found inHutton, B. Air gunner ... 1944.
Rooney, A.A. Word for word, c1986: CIP t.p. (Andrew A. Rooney) data sheet (b. 1-14-20)
New York times WWW site, Nov. 7, 2011 (in obituary published Nov. 5: Andy Rooney; b. Andrew Aitken Rooney, Jan. 14, 1919, Albany; d. Friday [Nov. 4, 2011], Manhattan, aged 92; his prickly wit was long a mainstay of CBS News; his homespun commentary on 60 minutes, delivered every week from 1978 until 2011, made him a household name)
English Wikipedia, February 10, 2020 (Andrew Aitken Rooney; January 14, 1919-November 4, 2011; American radio and television writer; best known for his weekly broadcast "A few minutes with Andy Rooney", a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes 1978-2011; begin his career in newspapers in 1942 while in the Army where he began writing for Stars and Stripes in London; war correspondent; broadcaster; writer; journalist; author)