Biographies: Ike Pappas - Actor

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American journalist, born on April 16, 1933, in Flushing, United States. He graduated from Long Island University and then spent two years in the United States Army. He was assigned to the Stars and Stripes while enlisted. That morning, he was among the group of reporters present at the Dallas City Jail to transport the presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald to the county jail. He was working for WNEW-AM in New York at the time. He was a founding member of the Next Generation Initiative, a leadership program aimed to engage students in public affairs. After leaving CBS, he formed his own television production company with CBS news editor Ed Danko. He was known for Matinee (1993), Moon Over Parador (1988), and The Package (1989). He died on August 31, 2008, due to heart failure.

• 28 October 2022
• farah ashraf