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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. She is the first person to die by suicide on a live television broadcast.
Before April 2024 the only surviving, readily-available footage of Chubbuck were two short clips from Kate Plays Christine. Now someone has released a full, decent-quality episode of Suncoast Digest to YouTube. Should we add it to the article? It seems important as we don't have many more official videos or audios of her.
Christine Chubbuck: 15 July 1974: The 29-year-old American news anchor from Hudson, Ohio, killed herself on live television at the start of Suncoast Digest, a local newscast for WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida, after reading some of the area's breaking news headlines. Chubbuck was the first person to commit suicide on live television. [168] [169]
A few months back, we published an article that centered around a curious and tragic figure in the history of American broadcasting: Christine Chubbuck, an on-air correspondent for a news station ...
The story of a 1970s TV reporter, who was the first person to commit suicide on live television, is taking Sundance by storm.
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Christine Chubbuck, a television reporter for WXLT in Sarasota, Florida commits suicide via a gunshot from behind her right ear during a live newscast on Suncoast Digest. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] August 8
Christine Chubbuck committed suicide by shooting herself in the head on live TV and the 1974 broadcast has become notable for many reasons.