Andy Rooney

writer, humorist, television personality (1911-2011)

Person Human Q138846

Facts

18 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[19]
Date of birth: January 14, 1919
Date of death: November 4, 2011
Place of birth: Albany
Place of death: New York City
Country of citizenship: United States^[10]
Occupation: war correspondent, screenwriter, journalist, writer
Educated at: Colgate University, The Albany Academy^[11]^[12]
Religion or worldview: atheism^[18]
Award received: Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal, Emperor Has No Clothes Award, Evelyn F. Burkey Award, Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]
Cause of death: surgical complications^[21]
Birth name: Andrew Aitken Rooney^[25]
Family name: Rooney^[23]
Given name: Andy^[24]
Military branch: United States Army^[20]
Participated in conflict: World War II^[22]
Place of burial: Rensselaerville Cemetery^[9]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 40

ISNI: 0000000025294552
VIAF cluster ID: 57318375
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n81052345
GND ID: 119299178
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Andy Rooney (cropped).jpg ↗
AllMovie person ID: p61373
C-SPAN person numeric ID: 16790
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated): andyrooney
CineMagia person ID: 250561
Comic Vine ID: 4005-29028
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Andy-Rooney
Evene ID: andy-rooney-10734

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FAST ID: 72454
Fandango person ID: 574225
Film.ru person ID: andrew-rooney
Find a Grave memorial ID: 79888344
Freebase ID: /m/01lmd6
Geni profile ID: 6000000014497789935
Goodreads author ID: 35924
Google Arts & Culture entity ID: m01lmd6
HAND ID: 6192-74D9-0E84-C094-FE33
Harper's tag: andrew-a-rooney
IMDb ID: nm0740299
IdRef ID: 098458590
J9U entity ID: 987007604952905171
JRC Names ID: 56059
Kinobox person ID: 901958
NNDB people ID: 817/000022751
NUKAT ID: n2016140826
National Library of Korea ID: KAC199623402
National Library of Latvia ID: 000060548
Plex person key: 5d776a8ffb0d55001f549e3c
Prabook ID: 12415
Quora topic ID: Andy-Rooney
SNAC ARK ID: w6bp2bms
TMDB person ID: 1375930, 1219941
Television Academy Foundation interviewee ID: andy-rooney, andy-rooney-with-emerson-college
Wikisimpsons article ID: 86033
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJrKKRr7qF8pFCyrQF8Hmd
Yale LUX ID: person/674c5d58-e80c-46d3-bb27-4951e33b1d75

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Award received 4

Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal, Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism, Emperor Has No Clothes Award

Occupation 4

writer, journalist, screenwriter, war correspondent

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Colgate University

Family name 1

Rooney

Given name 1

Andy

Instance of 1

human

Military branch 1

United States Army

Participated in conflict 1

World War II

Place of birth 1

Albany

Place of death 1

New York City

Religion or worldview 1

atheism

Sex or gender 1

male

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Primetime

← FactGrid item ID 1

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Summary

Andy Rooney was born on January 14, 1919^[1], in Albany^[2]. He died on November 4, 2011^[3], in New York City^[4]. He worked as a war correspondent^[5], screenwriter^[6], journalist^[7], and writer^[8].

FAQs

Where was Andy Rooney born?

Andy Rooney was born in Albany^[2].

Where did Andy Rooney die?

Andy Rooney passed away in New York City^[4].

What did Andy Rooney do for work?

Andy Rooney worked as a war correspondent^[5], screenwriter^[6], journalist^[7], and writer^[8].

Where did Andy Rooney go to school?

Andy Rooney was educated at Colgate University^[11] and The Albany Academy^[12].

What awards did Andy Rooney receive?

Honors received include Bronze Star Medal^[13], Air Medal^[14], Emperor Has No Clothes Award^[15], and Evelyn F. Burkey Award^[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Andy Rooney — place of birth (P19): Albany. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Andy Rooney — place of death (P20): New York City. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Andy Rooney — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Andy Rooney — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Andy Rooney — educated at (P69): Colgate University. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Andy Rooney — educated at (P69): The Albany Academy. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Andy Rooney — occupation (P106): war correspondent. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Andy Rooney — occupation (P106): screenwriter. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Andy Rooney — occupation (P106): journalist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Andy Rooney — occupation (P106): writer. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Andy Rooney — place of burial (P119): Rensselaerville Cemetery. Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Andy Rooney — religion or worldview (P140): atheism. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Andy Rooney — award received (P166): Bronze Star Medal. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Andy Rooney — award received (P166): Air Medal. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Andy Rooney — award received (P166): Emperor Has No Clothes Award. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Andy Rooney — award received (P166): Evelyn F. Burkey Award. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Andy Rooney — award received (P166): Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. cronkite.asu.edu. cronkite.asu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Andy Rooney — military branch (P241): United States Army. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Andy Rooney — cause of death (P509): surgical complications. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Andy Rooney — date of birth (P569): January 14, 1919. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-12. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Andy Rooney — date of death (P570): November 4, 2011. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-12. cbsnews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Andy Rooney — participated in conflict (P607): World War II. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Andy Rooney — family name (P734): Rooney. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Andy Rooney — given name (P735): Andy. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-12. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Andy Rooney — birth name (P1477): Andrew Aitken Rooney. wikidata.org.

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13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Harper's tag → andrew-a-rooney

HAND ID → 6192-74D9-0E84-C094-FE33

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18w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Wikisimpsons article ID → 86033

"Created claim: Wikisimpsons article ID: 86033, Matched to Andy Rooney (#296168258) in Wikisimpsons #mix'n"

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