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I've learned... That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.

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Andy Rooney
Age: 92 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 14
Died: 2011
Died: November 4
Journalist
Screenwriter
War Correspondent
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Albany
New York
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