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Robert Budd Dwyer (November 21, 1939 – January 22, 1987) was an American politician. He served from 1965 to 1971 as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and from 1971 to 1981 as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate representing the state's 50th district.
The documentary features new interviews with Dwyer's family, friends, and colleagues. These interviews include Dwyer's widow Joanne (her last before her death in 2009) and William Trickett Smith . The film premiered on October 9, 2010 at the Carmel Art & Film Festival in Carmel, California , [ 1 ] where it received positive reviews. [ 2 ]
Terrorists, Killers and Middle-East Wackos (also Terrorists, Killers and Other Wackos in the UK) is a shockumentary video from the makers of Bumfights. It includes footage of riots, suicides, executions, and the televised suicide of R. Budd Dwyer. All the scenes included are real scenes of death and suffering.
Honest Man: The Life of R. Budd Dwyer, a 2010 documentary film that chronicles the scandal that led to R. Budd Dwyer's public suicide Tom 'Honest Man' Coughlan (born 1881), an Irish hurler See also
Traces of Death is a 1993 American mondo film that consists of various scenes of stock footage depicting death and real scenes of violence.. Unlike the earlier Faces of Death which usually included fake deaths and reenactments, Traces consists mostly of actual footage depicting death and injury, and consists also of public domain footage from other films.
The song was written about the public suicide of Pennsylvania state treasurer R. Budd Dwyer on January 22, 1987, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.Dwyer had been convicted of bribery charges in December 1986, and was expected to receive a lengthy sentence from U.S. District Court Judge Malcolm Muir.
Theresa Duncan (2007), American video game designer, blogger, filmmaker and critic, ingestion of Tylenol and alcohol [389] R. Budd Dwyer (1987), American politician, gunshot to mouth [ 390 ] E
January 22 – R. Budd Dwyer, 30th State Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (born 1939) February – Lou Darvas, artist and cartoonist (born 1913) February 4 – Liberace, pianist, singer, and actor (born 1919) February 5 E. Michael Burke, sports executive, naval officer and CIA agent (born 1916) William Collier Jr., actor (born 1902)