age death_date death_place children birth_place relatives name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
louis rukeyser.jpg 02 may 2006 greenwich , connecticut beverley susan stacy new york city , new york merryle rukeyser william s. rukeyser louis rukeyser 30 january 1933 alexandra gill 1962 2006 widowed louis rukeyser.jpg louis rukeyser
 louis richard rukeyser financial journalist economic commentator author princeton university
louis rukeyser

louis richard `` lou '' rukeyser -lrb- january 30 , 1933 -- may 2 , 2006 -rrb- was an american financial journalist , columnist , and commentator , through print , radio , and television .
he was best known for his role as host of two television series , `` wall $ treet week with louis rukeyser '' , and `` louis rukeyser 's wall street '' .
he also published two financial newsletters , `` louis rukeyser 's wall street '' and `` louis rukeyser 's mutual funds '' .
named by `` people '' as the only sex symbol of `` the dismal science '' of economics , rukeyser won numerous awards and honors over his lifetime .
rukeyser was famous for his pun-filled humor , and for trying to get investors to ignore the short term gyrations and think long term .
in answering a letter on investing in a hairpiece manufacturer , he quipped that `` if your money seems to be hair today and gone tomorrow , we 'll try to make it grow back by giving the bald facts on how to get your investments toupee . ''
