Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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. She is the first person to die by suicide on a live television broadcast.
Christine is a 2016 American independent [3] biographical psychological drama film [4] directed by Antonio Campos and written by Craig Shilowich. The film stars Rebecca Hall as Christine Chubbuck, a news reporter who was the first person to die by suicide on a live television broadcast. [5]
The story of a 1970s TV reporter, who was the first person to commit suicide on live television, is taking Sundance by storm.
Christine Chubbuck committed suicide by shooting herself in the head on live TV and the 1974 broadcast has become notable for many reasons.
Kate Plays Christine is a 2016 American documentary film written and directed by Robert Greene. It follows actress Kate Lyn Sheil 's preparation for the role of Christine Chubbuck , a newscaster who committed suicide on live television in 1974, for a fictitious film.
The AOL.com video experience serves up the best video content from AOL and around the web, curating informative and entertaining snackable videos.
Network came only two years after the first on-screen suicide in television history, of television news reporter Christine Chubbuck in Sarasota, Florida. [7] The anchorwoman was suffering from depression and loneliness, was often emotionally distant from her co-workers, and shot herself on camera as stunned viewers watched on July 15, 1974.
There has been an audio only clip floating around that is allegedly from Christine Chubbuck's final broadcast on youtube. I thought it was a hoax, like the video that floated around years ago, until I actually started to listen to it. I think it's real. The voice sounds identical to Chubbuck's voice based on the few clips in the public domain.