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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 ...
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 ...
On October 22, 1947, [1] Meredith was born Judith Lee Sauls in River Edge, New Jersey, and grew up in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. [2] When she was 15, she joined the Manhattan Rockets precision dance team. Following her high-school graduation, she became a model and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. [1]
Editor’s note: This story includes graphic descriptions of videos that refer to self-harm. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Richard M. Cohen (1948–2024), journalist, television news producer, husband of Meredith Vieira; Richard S. Cohen (1937–1998), American lawyer and Maine Attorney General; Rich Cohen (born 1968), author of Tough Jews, The Avengers, Lake Effect, and Sweet and Low; J. Richard Cohen, former president of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Richard Cohen, the journalist husband of broadcaster Meredith Vieira, has died at 76, more than 50 years after an MS diagnosis. He also beat colon cancer twice.
[9] [10] Patterson stated on the same day after speaking to Belgian police that her husband's death was "unambiguously suicide". [11] [12] After he had stopped responding to instant messages from Patterson while she was in the United States, she asked a friend to fly to Belgium to check up on him and the friend "found him hanging in the closet".
Veteran political correspondent Howard Fineman, who became an analyst for MSNBC and other outlets, died after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer, his wife announced Tuesday.