Ike Altgens
Deceased Person
1919 – 1995
Who was Ike Altgens?
James William "Ike" Altgens was an American photographer and field reporter for the Associated Press. Based in Dallas, Texas, in 1963, Altgens took arguably the most famous photograph of the in-progress assassination of President John F. Kennedy—a snapshot that led to a years-long debate among researchers over whether accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is visible in Dealey Plaza as the shots were fired.
Altgens spent more than 40 years with the AP, then did advertising work until he retired altogether. Both Altgens and his wife were in their seventies when they died in 1995, at about the same time, in their Dallas home.
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- Born
- Apr 28, 1919
- Also known as
- James Altgens
- Jim Altgens
- James 'Ike' Altgens
- Spouses
- Clara B. Halliburton
(1944/07 - )
- Clara B. Halliburton
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 12, 1995
Dallas
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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