# Andy Rooney's college roommate has heart attack at his memorial service \[edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-rooneys-college-roommate-has-heart-attack-at-his-memorial-service-edited-title/602437 "2011-11-09T22:44:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-rooneys-college-roommate-has-heart-attack-at-his-memorial-service-edited-title/602437/21 "2011-11-10T22:09:55Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Good thing neither of us laughed, eh? Good thing my comment was made with the grimmest of seriousness! All kidding aside, it really seems like TMZ got really ahead of themselves on that. There should be a perceptible difference between a deceased person and a man who has had a heart attack… right? It seems like a case of Firsties gone wrong. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-rooneys-college-roommate-has-heart-attack-at-his-memorial-service-edited-title/602437/22 "2011-11-10T22:25:39Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Way to pull a Charles Schultz, Andy. Schulz. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-rooneys-college-roommate-has-heart-attack-at-his-memorial-service-edited-title/602437/23 "2011-11-10T22:27:51Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Schulz. **Ender** knows NUFFINK! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-rooneys-college-roommate-has-heart-attack-at-his-memorial-service-edited-title/602437/24 "2011-11-11T13:26:20Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Schulz. No no. Charles Schultz, the well known Dutch author. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-rooneys-college-roommate-has-heart-attack-at-his-memorial-service-edited-title/602437/25 "2011-11-11T13:50:57Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Eh. . . cite? There’s a picture of a young Andy Rooney at [this link](http://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/rooney/wilhelmshaven.html). Many of the [guys he wrote about](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force) didn’t get old. > [@](#): > > Half of the U.S. Army Air Force’s casualties in World War II were suffered by Eighth Air Force (more than 47,000 casualties, with more than 26,000 dead). ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-rooneys-college-roommate-has-heart-attack-at-his-memorial-service-edited-title/602437/26 "2011-11-11T14:19:25Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > There’s a picture of a young Andy Rooney at [this link](http://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/rooney/wilhelmshaven.html). That’s not Andy Rooney! He’s missing half his eyebrows. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-rooneys-college-roommate-has-heart-attack-at-his-memorial-service-edited-title/602437/27 "2011-11-11T14:21:11Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > There’s a picture of a young Andy Rooney at [this link](http://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/rooney/wilhelmshaven.html). Many of the [guys he wrote about](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force) didn’t get old. > [@](#): > > Half of the U.S. Army Air Force’s casualties in World War II were suffered by Eighth Air Force (more than 47,000 casualties, with more than 26,000 dead). There’s a difference between a casualty and a death? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-rooneys-college-roommate-has-heart-attack-at-his-memorial-service-edited-title/602437/28 "2011-11-11T14:22:48Z")
And there was some kind of war? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-rooneys-college-roommate-has-heart-attack-at-his-memorial-service-edited-title/602437/29 "2011-11-11T14:34:31Z")
> [@bup](#): > > And there was some kind of war? OK. I read it again and now I see what they’re saying. Need coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-rooneys-college-roommate-has-heart-attack-at-his-memorial-service-edited-title/602437/30 "2011-11-11T14:34:37Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > There’s a difference between a casualty and a death? Yes. From the excellent [Online Etymology Dictionary](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=casualty)–more interesting than a mere dictionary. > [@](#): > > early 15c., “chance, accident; incidental charge,” from L. casualis (see casual) on model of royalty, penalty, etc. Casuality had some currency 16c.-17c. but is now obsolete. Meaning “losses in numbers from a military or other troop” is from late 15c. Meaning an individual so lost is from 1844. So that would include all killed, wounded or POW’s. And those who just went missing… ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-rooneys-college-roommate-has-heart-attack-at-his-memorial-service-edited-title/602437/31 "2011-11-11T18:09:50Z")
Eh-- after checking on his friend, Andy Rooney would view all this as fodder for another 60 Minutes segment. I’ve read tons of his books and he didn’t come off as cranky as some folks seem to believe. Grumping and being a grump can be two different things. My best wishes to his friend. ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-rooneys-college-roommate-has-heart-attack-at-his-memorial-service-edited-title/602437/32 "2011-11-11T18:13:39Z")
Sorry, I still don’t see anything remotely funny about someone going to mourn the loss of a long-time friend and pay his respects to the family then succumbing to the stress and grief by having a heart attack himself. My sincere condolences to both families and their loved ones. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-rooneys-college-roommate-has-heart-attack-at-his-memorial-service-edited-title/602437/33 "2011-11-11T18:38:52Z")
Apology accepted. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-rooneys-college-roommate-has-heart-attack-at-his-memorial-service-edited-title/602437.md?page=1)