Andy Rooney of 60 Minutes Dies

Longtime 60 minutes commentator and WW II reporter, Andy Rooney has died of complications from minor surgery he underwent last month. His passing was only a month after delivering his 1,097th and final televised commentary.

The iconic figure of curmudgeonly wit and humor and observation of American life with all of it's quirks, won 4 Emmy Awards.

One famously questioned whether there really was a Mrs. Smith behind Mr.s Smith's pies.

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"Andy always said he wanted to work until the day he died, and he managed to do it, save the last few weeks in the hospital," said his "60 Minutes" colleague, correspondent Steve Kroft.

Rooney talked on "60 Minutes" about what was in the news, and his opinions occasionally got him in trouble. But he was just as likely to discuss the old clothes in his closet, why air travel had become unpleasant and why banks needed to have important-sounding names.

"I obviously have a knack for getting on paper what a lot of people have thought and didn't realize they thought," Rooney once said. "And they say, 'Hey, yeah!' And they like that."