Icarus Nestor Pappas (April 16, 1933 – August 31, 2008), better known as Ike Pappas, was an American television journalist who worked as a

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correspondent for 25 years.

Life and career

Pappas was born in the

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, section of

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. He graduated from

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and then spent two years in the

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. He was assigned to '' Stars and Stripes'' during his enlistment.

Dallas, Texas, November 24, 1963

That morning, Pappas was among the throng of reporters present at the Dallas City Jail for presidential assassin

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's transfer to the County Jail. Working for WNEW-AM in New York at the time, Pappas began his report as Oswald came into view: As Pappas asked Oswald the question, Jack Ruby stepped out of the crowd of reporters with a pistol, moved in front of Oswald and fired one shot into Oswald's abdomen. Pappas later testified in Ruby's trial.Weber, Bruce (September 2, 2008)
Ike Pappas, a Newsman With a Long Career at CBS, Dies at 75.
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Later years

In May 1970, Pappas was at

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with a

film crew when members of the

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shot four students during an antiwar protest. Pappas was the most prominent of 215 people laid off in 1987 during a downsizing at CBS News.Boyer, Peter J. (March 7, 1987)
14 Reporters among 215 Cut by CBS.
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'' Along with a number of other notable

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, he was a founding member of The Next Generation Initiative, a leadership program aimed at getting students involved in public affairs. After he left CBS, Pappas formed his own television production company with CBS News Editor Ed Danko, and made cameo appearances as himself in several motion pictures, including '' The Package'' and ''

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.'' A resident of McLean,

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, in his later years, he died in Arlington, Virginia, of

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, aged 75.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pappas, Ike 1933 births 2008 deaths American television journalists American war correspondents of the Vietnam War American male journalists American people of Greek descent Journalists from Queens, New York 20th-century American journalists