CNN/AP: Longtime TV host Louis Rukeyser dead at 73

[DeepModem Mom]

Longtime TV host Louis Rukeyser dead at 73
Wednesday, May 3, 2006

HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) -- Louis Rukeyser, a best-selling author, columnist, lecturer and television host who delivered pun-filled, common-sense commentary on complicated business and economic news, died Tuesday. He was 73.

Rukeyser died at his home in Greenwich after a long battle with multiple myeloma, a rare bone marrow cancer, said his brother, Bud Rukeyser.

As host of "Wall $treet Week With Louis Rukeyser" on public TV from 1970 until 2002, Rukeyser took a wry approach to the ups and downs in the marketplace and urged guests to avoid jargon. He brought finance and economics to ordinary viewers and investors, and was rewarded with the largest audience in the history of financial journalism.

"He brings to the tube a blend of warmth, wit, irreverence, thrusting intellect and large doses of charm, plus the credibility of a Walter Cronkite," Money magazine wrote in a cover story....

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/03/rukeyser.obit.ap/index.html

[upi402]

1. pop business icon dead

somehow i have reached the point of not caring about a dead corporatist cheerleader and popularist

[Robbie Michaels]

2. RIP Louis

When I had a stable job and disposable income (before 2001), I used to watch him every weekend when I visted my parent's house. I'll miss the way he injected humor into his commentary.

[flamingyouth]

3. RIP Louis

I grew up watching W$W with my dad.

[ShockediSay]

4. happy landings to all us good guys; and so I pray ... n/t