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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.
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.
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)
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
The suicide of R. Budd Dwyer; A 1993 murder where Emilio Nuñez shot and killed his ex-wife Maritza Martin during an interview on the Telemundo program Ocurrió Así; The suicide of Daniel V. Jones, an AIDS and cancer patient who was protesting health maintenance organizations; A man who takes his shirt off and is shot during a riot
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 ]
A snuff film, snuff movie, or snuff video is a type of film, sometimes defined as being produced for profit or financial gain, that shows, or purports to show, scenes of actual homicide. The concept of snuff films became known to the general public during the 1970s, when a conspiracy theory alleged that a clandestine industry was producing such ...
Theresa Duncan (2007), American video game designer, blogger, filmmaker and critic, ingestion of Tylenol and alcohol [391] R. Budd Dwyer (1987), American politician, gunshot to mouth [ 392 ] E