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Ike Pappas, who broadcast Oswald death, dead at 75 (AP)

An undated file photo of longtime CBS newsman Ike Pappas, who in 1963 was a few feet from presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald when he was fatally shot and reported the chaotic scene live on the air. Pappas, who also covered major events like the Vietnam War and anti-war demonstrations at home, died Sunday,Aug. 31, 2008, at 75, in an Arlington, Va., hospital of complications from heart disease, his family said.(AP Photo/files)AP - Ike Pappas, a longtime CBS newsman who was a few feet from presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald when he was fatally shot and reported the chaotic scene live on the air, has died at 75.

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