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Born in Albany, New York. Father: Walter Scott Rooney. Mother: Ellinor (Reynolds) Rooney.
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Rooney becomes a reporter for the military news paper "Stars and Stripes" after he is drafted into WWII.
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Rooney starts writing for "The Garry Moore Show."
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Rooney's "end-of-show" segment on 60 Minutes, "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney" (originally "Three Minutes or So With Andy Rooney"). A summer replacement for the debate segment "Point/Counterpoint." At the end of the 1978–1979 season, "Point/Counterpoint" was dropped altogether.
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Suspended without pay after a gay magazine attributes him with making racist comments, which he denied.
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Rooney was reinstated on CBS "60 Minutes." The original suspension was supposed to be 3 months.
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Offends Native Americans by saying the Casinos they own don't do enough to help their own people.
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Celebrates Larry King's 50 years of broadcasting in New York
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Rooney attends Walter Cronkite's Memorial Ceremony at Avery Fisher Hall in New York.
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Rooney appears on his last show of "60 Minutes."
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Rooney delivers his 1,097th and last essay for "60 Minutes."
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Rooney develops serious complications following surgery.
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Rooney passes away due to surgical complications.
