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Christine Chubbuck [a] (August 24, 1944 – July 15, 1974) was an American television news reporter who worked for stations WTOG and WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida.. The first person to die by suicide on a live television broadcast, Chubbuck shot herself in the head with a gun on July 15, 1974 during WXLT-TV's Suncoast Digest, after claiming that the network was about to present "an exclusive ...
LivingWorks (registered as LivingWorks Education Inc.) is a public service corporation focusing on understanding and preventing suicide.. Founded in 1983 by four human service professionals from the fields of psychiatry, psychology and social work, their original suicide intervention programs were developed in collaboration with the governments of Alberta and California, and the Canadian ...
Students, parents and teachers were deeply shaken when 15-year-old sophomore Jordan Park died by suicide there this spring. The method she used is relatively uncommon among teens in Los Angeles ...
The American Association of Suicidology (AAS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which advocates for suicide prevention. It was established in 1968 by Edwin S. Shneidman, who has been called "a pioneer in suicide prevention." [1] Its official journal is Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, published six times a year by Wiley-Blackwell.
Every day at the start of his classes, Nick Orr, a high school science teacher in Nevada, said he checks in with his students about their mental health. It's a practice Orr said he began doing ...
District 186 teacher Emelie Cherrone holds up a sign during a board of education meeting on May 20, 2024, in Springfield. Several teachers addressed safety in the classroom during the meeting.
Announcer Treasure Hunt: 25 1982-02-08 Undisclosed 1 Replaced by Tony McClay, who had served as Jacobs' fill-in. Michael Thoma Greg Cranfield Fame: 7 1982-09-03 Cancer 1 His character was due to be fired but the pupils forced the school board to reconsider. His job was saved but Toma died shortly after the episode was filmed.
Editor’s note: This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is at risk of self-harm, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24-hour support at 988.