Andy Rooney | 1919 - 2011

Andy Rooney makes bread in his summer home in upstate New York on Aug. 5, 1981. His essays on “60 Minutes” turned him into a celebrity, yet he says, “The actual business of recognition makes me uncomfortable. I think a writer should be anonymous.”  (D. Jennings / Associated Press)

Andy Rooney sits at an old typewriter in his cluttered office at his summer home in rural Rensselaerville, N.Y., on Aug. 5, 1981.Rooney wrote 16 books, many of them best-selling collections of his work, including “A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney,” “Pieces of My Mind” and “Sincerely, Andy Rooney.”  (D. Jennings / Associated Press)

Andy Rooney, left, and Walter Cronkite watch tennis player Pete Sampras in a match on Sept. 7, 2002, in New York.  (Amy Sancetta / Associated Press)

Ed Bradley, center, stands with past and present correspondents of “60 Minutes” including Andy Rooney, lower right, on stage for a Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards in New York in the Sept. 3, 2003.  (Stuart Ramson / Associated Press)

Andy Rooney attends a memorial service for CBS newsman Walter Cronkite at the Lincoln Center in New York on Sept. 9, 2009. Rooney made his final appearance on “60 Minutes” on Oct. 2, 2011.  (Jim Watson / AFP/Getty Images)

In this Aug. 23, 2011, image taken from video, Andy Rooney tapes his last regular appearance on “60 Minutes” in New York. Rooney delivered regular essays on the broadcast starting in 1978.  (CBS / Associated Press)