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Andy Rooney-"Sincerely"-1999-Public Affairs-6" X 9"-325 pages-Hardcover Book-With Jacket-First Edition-Signed By Author.Best known as: The star of the 60 Minutes segment "A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney"Andy Rooney's funny and grumpy essays about bottled water, desk drawers and other bricabrac of daily life made him a TV icon of the late 20th century. His essays ended the popular CBS news magazine 60 Minutes for over 30 years until just before his death in 2011. Andy Rooney was born in Albany, New York, and attended Colgate University but was drafted into the U.S. Army during his junior year. During World War II he was a correspondent for Stars and Stripes, even flying in bombing missions over Germany. (His first book, Air Gunner, came out in 1944 while the war was still going on.) After the war, Rooney was a freelance writer until he was hired by CBS in 1949 as a writer for the TV show Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. Later he wrote for programs like The Morning News with Will Rogers, Jr. (starting 1957) and The Garry Moore Show (starting 1959), but in the 1960s he moved into the CBS News department, first writing for public affairs programs and then creating essays for Harry Reasoner on topics like doors, hotels, and bridges. That led to his most famous gig on 60 Minutes, which began on July 2, 1978 with a video essay on the grim holiday tradition of highway death tallies on the news. Eventually known as "A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney," the weekly feature was a big hit with fans and became the final slot of nearly every 60 Minutes show. He created 1097 of the essays over three decades before stepping down with a final appearance on October 2, 2011. He died a few weeks later of complications from minor surgery. Rooney also wrote 16 books, including A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney (1981), My War (1995) and Common Nonsense (2002). He received an Emmy Award for lifetime achievement in 2003.The book has been autographed on the title page by Andy Rooney...BOTH BOOK AND AUTOGRAPH ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.Product Videos
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