I would link to it but it's on cnn's website. Thanks Andy
RIP Andy Rooney
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Wow. And he just retired too. Here's his final 60 Minutes segment from Oct. 2nd...
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGci9ec4BDA[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGci9ec4BDA[/yt]
Why, is there some prohibition on CNN links? Here:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/05/us/obit-andy-rooney/index.html
Very sad that he'd pass away only a month after retiring. I don't think the two are related in this case though - just bad timing because of the surgery (and surgery on anyone of that age is risky). But he's an example of someone who continued doing what he loved right to the end. RIP.
Alex
I saw this earlier. I will miss his dry, honest wit. Rest in peace, Andy. 
(Thank you, Agent, for posting the video. I haven't been able to watch 60 Minutes for a long time now)
(Thank you, Agent, for posting the video. I haven't been able to watch 60 Minutes for a long time now)
I didn't link because I'm mobile, sometimes it doesn't work
Some people work until the end, knowing they are on the way out. Charles Schulz was one. Same with Warren Zevon.
Rooney probably knew (consciously or not) the end was near.
Rest in Peace, Mr. Rooney --- You will be missed by all of us.
Maybe he's giving Peter an earful with same cranky observations about passing to the other side.
"You know what I hate? Those Golden Gates. Why do they have to be golden? Was plain old steel or iron just not glitzy enough? It's heaven do you really need to over sell it to me at the front door? And what about those people you turn away, isn't this all just a big tease for them on what's inside? If you're going to have something golden at your front door what's inside better be worth the presentation. McDonald's boasts about having the golden arches, I've eaten at McDonald's; they're over-selling themselves just a bit.
What kind of entrance does hell have? What kind of gates can you have there to sell what lies inside? Does The Devil make his gates out of the bones of the damned? At least those gates might be more interesting to look at.
Furthermore, why does St. Peter have to check in a book to see if I can get in? Is this Heaven or am I confirming my reservation at a 5-star restaurant? Should I have called six-weeks ahead of time to make sure I get a table? And I do hope there aren't a lot of stairs in Heaven, my back's been acting up lately and this doesn't seem like the sort of place one can get a hover 'round."
RIP, Andy. You were probably the only likable cantankerous old-man on the planet.
He will be missed.
^ (to Trekker4747) I started writing a rant when I made my comment but scrapped it after I couldn't get the tone right which I think you did quite well. 
A shame, but 92 years is a good run. RIP.
RIP Mr. Rooney. I shall miss your commentaries.
RIP. He will be missed.
Yeah, but what's sad is he worked mostly up until the day he died.
Yeah, but what's sad is he worked mostly up until the day he died.
I don't know that is a bad thing, I'm sure he could've retired comfortably much sooner so he must have enjoyed what he was doing.
