Marguerite Rooney, wife of Andy Rooney of "60 Minutes" and a long time Connecticut teacher, died today at age 84. She died from heart failure. The Rooneys celebrated 62 years of marriage this year, all while Marge kept out of the spotlight; though she was an infrequent visitor to CBS's studios in Manhattan, she was well known. Walter Cronkite said, "They were a marvelous team." Son Brian is an ABC News correspondent, daughter Emily is host of a local PBS station program, "Greater Boston." She is also survived by two other daughters; Ellen, a photographer in London and Martha Fishel, an executive at the National Library of Medicine in Washington; and five grandchildren.

Andy Rooney has always been one of my favorite commentators and authors. Story from Newsday.

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