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On April 17, 1983, the life of forty-three-year-old male musician Felix Pappalardi was cut short in his fifth-floor apartment at 30 Waterside Plaza in Manhattan, New York. He was shot once in the neck and pronounced dead at the scene. The instrument of his demise was a derringer pistol that he himself had gifted to his wife, Gail Collins Pappalardi, just a few months prior.

The shooting occurred in the early morning hours after Pappalardi had returned from visiting his girlfriend. It was ...Read More
Victim Details

Felix A. Pappalardi, Jr

Male

Manhattan

NY

1983-04-17

43

Felix

Pappalardi

01/13/2026