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Jan 20, 2022 · Published: Jan. 20, 2022, 5:00 a.m. Pennsylvania State Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer holds a pistol as he prepares to kill himself in front of cameras during a news conference in his state capitol ...
Aug 15, 2023 · However, in a tragic turn of events, Dwyer fatally shot himself with a .357 Magnum revolver in front of reporters. He died instantly, according to a report by coroner William Bush. In 2017, Budd's son Robert opened up on his father's very public suicide and revealed that his father had left his wife and children a note each.
Jan 21, 2013 · On this day, Jan. 22, in 1987, on the eve of his sentencing for a bribery conviction, Pennsylvania state Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer shot and killed himself at a news conference on live television.
On Jan. 22, 1987, Pennsylvania State Treasurer Budd Dwyer committed suicide on live TV. This is the original report from WGAL News 8 chronicling what happene...
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Filter's song "Hey Man, Nice Shot" is about the singer wishing to have met him before he died. "The phrase 'hey man, nice shot' is a reference to the final act itself; which, was a damn good shot and an expression of guts and determination of a person standing up for what they believe is right, i.e. self-murder, public-style." Wiki link. Music ...
Oct 10, 2022 · Background. Robert Budd Dwyer served as the 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania from January 20th, 1981, to January 22nd, 1987. Prior to Dwyer becoming State Treasurer, it was discovered that many Commonwealth of Pennsylvania employees had overpaid in Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes, from 1979 to 1981, and an accounting company was needed so that refunds could be properly distributed.
Senate President Pro Tempore Robert Jubelirer, who served with Dwyer when he was a state senator, said he had intended to call Dwyer after the sentencing to wish him well, ''but in my wildest imagination I could never have expected anything like this kind of ending.’' State Sen. Tim Shaffer, a friend of Dwyer’s, said he was in complete shock.
