July 16, 1974 –
In TV’s first live suicide, news presenter Christine Chubbuck, during her TV broadcast, suddenly stopped reading the teleprompter and said, “In keeping with Channel 40’s policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts, and in living color, you are going to see another first: an attempted suicide.”
She died about 14 hours later. You sick puppies, I’m not going to post the actual video.
The Haus of Dcaligari 