Gabriel Stanley " Gabe " Pressman ( February 14 , 1924 – June 23 , 2017 ) was an American journalist who was a reporter for WNBC-TV in New York City for more than 60 years . His career spanned more than seven decades ; the events he covered included the sinking of the '' Andrea Doria '' in 1956 , the assassinations of JFK and Martin Luther King Jr. , the Beatles ' first trip to the United States , and the attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 . He was one of the pioneers of United States television news and has been credited as the first reporter to have left the studio for on-the-scene " street reporting " at major events . Dubbed the " Dean of New York Journalism " , Pressman 's numerous awards include a Peabody and 11 Emmys , and he was considered a New York icon
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