Death of Louis Rukeyser

January 30, 1933 - May 2, 2006
Greenwich, Connecticut | Age 73

Financial Journalist and long-time host of "Wall Street Week" dies at 73
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Louis Rukeyser, a best-selling author, columnist, lecturer and television host who delivered pun-filled, commonsense 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...

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