Via Washington
November 5, 2011 – CBS writer, producer, and commentator Andy Rooney passed away Friday evening at the age of 92, only a month after retiring from his long and legendary media career. The precise cause of death was not disclosed, but was reportedly due to unexpected complications that developed after a recent surgical procedure.

Andrew Aitken Rooney first reached Boomer consciousness in the late 1970s. Back in those somewhat more innocent pre-computer, pre-app, pre-iPhone, pre-interactive video days, Rooney materialized seemingly out of the woodwork to become America’s official—but generally beloved—TV social crank. In random bits, week after week, he channeled the public zeitgeist on a variety of disparate topics with uncanny insight. When queried about his success in this role, Rooney hit the nail on the head. “I obviously have a knack for getting on paper what a lot of people have thought and didn’t realize they thought.”

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