Andy Rooney Signs Off

This weekend marks the final 60 Minutes essay from 92-year old Andy Rooney. Tom Taylor has more in his Radio-Info.com column this morning...

"Andy Rooney was first seen – and more memorably, heard – on CBS-TV’s “60 Minutes” in July 1978 with a cranky essay about how automobile fatalities are reported over the July 4th weekend. By that Fall, he was a semi-regular, alternating with James J. Kilpatrick and Shana Alexander, and by Fall 1979, he had the show-ending essay all to himself. CBS News reckons that when Andy delivers his final performance this weekend, it will be 1,097th piece for “60 Minutes.” Yes, at age 92, Andy’s retiring, though CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager says Andy “will always have the ability to speak his mind on 60 Minutes when the urge hits him.”

I confess that I don't watch 60 Minutes anymore, but it's hard to imagine the show without him.