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CNBC's Rukeyser Reveals He Has Cancer
AP ^
| 5/3/2004
| Staff Writer
Posted on 05/03/2004 4:09:08 PM PDT by wjersey
NEW YORK - CNBC financial anchor Louis Rukeyser, who's been away on medical leave since last fall, has cancer but has promised a return to his weekly business show.
Rukeyser said he underwent back surgery last fall to relieve persistent pain, but when the pain didn't go away, he went back for a checkup and a low-grade malignancy was discovered.
Rukeyser said his doctors have advised him not to go back to work for several months.
"I thank all of you for your kind thoughts, and as Gen. Douglas MacArthur famously declared as he left the Philippine Islands during World War II, `I shall return,'" he said.
His weekly business report, "Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street," airs Friday nights on the cable channel. CNBC anchors have been filling in for him since his last appearance on Oct. 31.
Rukeyser's show, a longtime staple on PBS before he jumped to CNBC, is also shown on more than 180 public television stations.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cancer; cnbc; rukeyser
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posted on
05/03/2004 4:09:08 PM PDT
by
wjersey
To: wjersey
Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Mr. Rukeyser, a real classy guy in every respect.
To: wjersey
I hope he gets better. For decades, he was the most watchable thing on PBS.
To: GadareneDemoniac
Dittos!
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posted on
05/03/2004 5:10:22 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(Always understand, even if you remain among the few)
To: wjersey
A wonderful man with a sardonic wit and impeccable logic. Plus he looks like George Washington. All the best to him.
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posted on
05/03/2004 5:17:48 PM PDT
by
speedy
(Tagline for demonstration purposes only. Not for internal consumption.)
To: wjersey
Rukeyser is the man, I tune in every Friday still hoping this will be the week he returns.
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posted on
05/03/2004 7:06:17 PM PDT
by
sixmil
To: wjersey
Prayers for Louis Rukeyser.
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posted on
05/03/2004 7:07:20 PM PDT
by
BlessedBeGod
('I went to Vietnam, yada yada yada, I want to be President...")
To: wjersey
CNBC financial anchor Louis Rukeyser, who's been away on medical leave since last fall, has cancer...after months and months of his failing to return to the Firday night show, some serious malady such as this seemed more and more probable...I love it that when the big brains at PBS figured he wasn't worth carrying there any longer (probably in part because he came off as sounding too conservative at times) he took his show to CNBC and is doing even better there than before - and I don't think his replacement on PBS is even carried in Philly any more...hope he's back soon.......
To: wjersey
"June 27, 2005: The NYSE Salutes Financial Journalist Louis Rukeyser Friends and family of Louis Rukeyser ring The Closing Bell on June 27, 2005." I hope it is not the case, but my guess is that this does not portend good things for Louis.
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posted on
07/07/2005 5:47:31 AM PDT
by
Meldrim
To: wjersey
Hope he gets well. He's a class act, any time I watched him, I felt he was honestly asking questions and getting serious answers.
A step above the spoon fed pablum most deliver.
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posted on
07/07/2005 5:53:03 AM PDT
by
djf
(Government wants the same things I do - MY guns, MY property, MY freedoms!)
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