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WVIZ, WTOG, WXLT-TV. 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. [1][2][3]
Dr. Donald Payne. . . (m. 1981; died 1981) . Jessica Beth Savitch (February 1, 1947 – October 23, 1983) was an American television journalist who was the weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News and daily newsreader for NBC News during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Savitch was one of the first women to anchor an evening network newscast alone ...
1970 suicides. People who committed suicide and events and topics involving suicide (s) in the year 1970. 1965. 1966. 1967.
Karen Gay Silkwood (February 19, 1946 – November 13, 1974) was an American chemical technician and labor union activist known for reporting concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety in a nuclear facility. She worked at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site in Crescent, Oklahoma, making plutonium pellets.
Terrance Yeakey (November 9, 1965 – May 8, 1996) was a sergeant in the Oklahoma City Police Department (OCPD). He was one of the first responders at the site of the Oklahoma City bombing, rescuing at least four people. He died a year later by what was ruled as a suicide by gunshot, [1][2] but his manner of death remains disputed.
The Today Show. (1971–1974) Spouse (s) Nialta Sue Beaird McGee. (1921–2002) Children. 2. Frank McGee (September 12, 1921 – April 17, 1974) was an American television journalist, best known for his work with NBC from the late 1950s into the early 1970s. [1][2][3]
Chung was a Washington, D.C. -based correspondent for the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite in the early 1970s during the Watergate political scandal. Chung left to anchor evening newscasts for KNXT, a CBS owned and operated station in Los Angeles (now KCBS-TV). Her co-anchors at KNXT included Joe Benti, Brent Musburger and Jess Marlow. [7]
Weeknight Anchor, KTVY/KFOR-TV (1982-2017) Reporter/photographer, KTVY (1978-1982) Linda Cavanaugh is a retired award-winning newscaster, best known for working with NBC affiliate KFOR-TV (channel 4), in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [1] Cavanaugh anchored the station's weeknight 6:00 and 10:00PM newscasts with Kevin Ogle, and was solo anchor of the ...