CBS | People Emily Rooney on Andy Rooney: ‘People got my dad. They knew who he was’ By Gail Shister on Nov. 5, 2011 - 10:08 PM Veteran “60 Minutes” commentator Andy Rooney was surrounded by family when he died last night in a New York City hospital at age 92, according to one of his daughters. “He was conscious almost until the end,” Emily ...