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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 ...
The story of a 1970s TV reporter, who was the first person to commit suicide on live television, is taking Sundance by storm. A movie about one of the most horrific moments in TV history has ...
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]
In 2016, Hall was praised by critics for her portrayal of news reporter Christine Chubbuck in the biographical drama Christine. [1] She has since starred in the MonsterVerse films Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024), and made her directorial debut with the period drama Passing (2021).
Christine Chubbuck, an on-air correspondent for a news station in Sarasota, Florida, shot herself on live television in 1974. The existence of Christine Chubbuck's suicide video has been confirmed ...
Christine Chubbuck committed suicide by shooting herself in the head on live TV and the 1974 broadcast has become notable for many reasons.
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.
A television reporter and cameraman were shot to death on live television Wednesday in Virginia by a gunman described as a disgruntled station employee. Fired reporter kills 2 former co-workers on ...