After CBS announced the death of "60 minutes" essayist Andy Rooney, CNN.com put together an obituary package that included articles on his career and impact as a writer, and videos that had former coworkers and bosses sharing their insights on Rooney.
The four-time Emmy Award winner was famed for his grouchiness, and CNN.com paid homage to that, with an article full of some of Rooney's best rants and video slideshow borrowed from Time that featured 10 of Rooney's most memorable segments.
CNN.com's coverage of Rooney's death was well-rounded, although I found it odd that the website had two videos that were practically word for word the same audio, one narrated by Gary Tuchman and one by Karen Caifa.
The death of Rooney was the top subject on CNN.com's "Newspulse", which shows the most popular stories at the moment. By Saturday night, the death of Rooney had been replaced on CNN.com's homepage by news of LSU's defeat over Alabama in college football. I wonder if Rooney would have had something to say about that...
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