Gabe Pressman, Iconic New York Reporter, Dies At 93
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By Dave Goldiner June 23, 2017
Gabe Pressman, an iconic New York television reporter whose career stretched back six decades, has reportedly died. He was 93.
The NBC fixture’s wife said he died in his sleep Friday morning, the New York Daily News reported.
The Bronx native was born in 1924 and served in the military during World War II before becoming a reporter.
He joined WNBC, the local NBC affiliate in 1956, and became one of the most recognizable figures in New York City media.
PEOPLE-PRESSMAN/ NBC’s NY television reporter Gabe Pressman dies at 93 By Gabriella Borter
June 23 (Reuters) – Gabe Pressman, a veteran reporter for NBC’s New York television affiliate and a pioneer of broadcast journalism who worked in the medium for more than 60 years, died at the age of 93, WNBC said on Friday.
Credited as New York’s first television journalist, Pressman started his career as a newspaper reporter, moved into radio and arrived at WNBC-TV in New York in 1956, the station said.
Over the course of his career, he covered some of the biggest events in modern American history, including President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Woodstock and the American Civil Rights movement. He won 11 Emmy awards for excellence in television broadcasting, according to NBC.
“He was truly one of a kind and represented the very best in television news reporting,” said WNBC President Eric Lerner. “Gabe was still coming to work and thinking about the next story. He was a treasured colleague and friend to all of us and he will be missed.”
Pressman was “a tenacious seeker of truth” who fought “ferociously for journalists’ rights” and tirelessly defended the Constitution’s First Amendment guarantee of the right to free speech, said Steve Scott, president of the New York Press Club. Pressman held that post from 1997 to 2000.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, in a tweet, called Pressman “a New York City treasure” who mentored “countless reporters.”
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