Pappas was born in the
Flushing, Queens, section of
New York City. He graduated from
Long Island University and then spent two years in the
United States Army. He was assigned to
Stars and Stripes during his enlistment. He served as the narrator for the 1992 documentary ''Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy''.
Later years In May 1970, Pappas was at
Kent State University with a
CBS News film crew when members of the
Ohio National Guard 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. Along with a number of other notable
Greek Americans, 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
Moon Over Parador. A resident of
McLean,
Virginia, in his later years, he died in
Arlington, Virginia, of
congestive heart failure, aged 75. ==References==