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27 lis 2023 · Just before fatally shooting herself in the head during a live news broadcast on July 15, 1974, Christine Chubbuck told viewers, "TV 40 presents what is believed to be a television first: in living color, an exclusive coverage of an attempted suicide."
10 cze 2016 · Footage of the infamous suicide of a news anchor who shot herself in the head on live television still exists, contrary to popular belief all copies of the tape had been destroyed.
A widespread urban legend claims that Chubbuck's suicide inspired Paddy Chayefsky's script for the 1976 film Network, in which news anchor Howard Beale (Peter Finch) announces that he will kill himself live on-air. [31]
1 lut 2016 · In 1974 a newsreader named Christine Chubbuck committed suicide on live TV. Her story has been largely forgotten, but two new films try to unravel why she did it.
10 lut 2016 · Colleagues Recall Shock and Horror After Journalist Committed Suicide on Live TV: 'I Didn't See the Gun' Christine Chubbuck's suicide inspired the movie Network
Live on-air, her large, hollow eyes staring down the barrel of a TV camera, Christine Chubbuck said these words before holding a gun to her head and shooting herself. She was rushed to hospital in a critical condition and died. More than 40 years later Chubbuck’s story continues to fascinate.
24 sty 2017 · Christine Chubbuck was 29 years old when she committed suicide live on air, during the newsreel that preceded her morning current affairs programme on July 15th 1974. Stunned viewers jammed...
