"She had written something like 'TV 40 news personality Christine Chubbuck shot herself in a live broadcast this morning on a Channel 40 talk program. She was rushed to Sarasota Memorial Hospital, where she remains in critical condition."
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Mike Simmons, TV-40 news director, in Wire reports. "Newswoman shoots self on live TV," The Dallas Morning News, July 16, 1974, page 1A.
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Christine Chubbuck
Christine Chubbuck (August 24, 1944, Hudson, Ohio β July 15, 1974, Sarasota, Florida) was an American television news reporter who committed suicide during a live television broadcast.
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