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Christine Chubbuck

1944 - 1974

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Christine Chubbuck (August 24, 1944 – July 15, 1974) was an American television news reporter who worked for stations WTOG and WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida. The first person to die by suicide on a live television broadcast, Chubbuck shot herself in the head on July 15, 1974, during WXLT-TV's Suncoast Digest, after claiming that the network was about to present "an exclusive coverage of an attempted suicide"; it was confirmed after her death that she had added the quote in her script for the broadcast, making the action likely premeditated. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christine Chubbuck is the 23rd most popular presenter (down from 13th in 2019), the 3,942nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,366th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Presenter.

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Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Christine Chubbuck ranks 23 out of 143. Before her are Ed Sullivan, Johnny Carson, Nick Vujicic, Fred Rogers, Michael Buffer, and Walter Cronkite. After her are Matt Lucas, Conan O'Brien, Igor Kirillov, John Oliver, Barbara Walters, and Rudi Carrell.

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Among people born in 1944, Christine Chubbuck ranks 293. Before her are Taylor Hackford, Vernor Vinge, Abdul Qadir, Eddie Gómez, Peter Bieri, and Robert Hanssen. After her are Sandra Faber, Bo Larsson, Lars Norén, Geoffrey Hughes, Jacques-Alain Miller, and Rebecca Horn. Among people deceased in 1974, Christine Chubbuck ranks 101. Before her are Rosario Castellanos, Cornelius Ryan, Jim Bausch, Manuel A. Odría, Vladimir Smirnov, and Kurt Atterberg. After her are Bert Patenaude, Messali Hadj, Anfilogino Guarisi, Lev Oborin, Antanas Sniečkus, and Ramdhari Singh Dinkar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christine Chubbuck ranks 3,942 out of 20,380. Before her are Donald E. Westlake (1933), Randy Couture (1963), Melvil Dewey (1851), Robert B. Anderson (1910), Susan Sullivan (1942), and Dick Dale (1937). After her are Sandra Faber (1944), Willy DeVille (1950), Ruth Teitelbaum (1924), Nolan North (1970), Timothy Hutton (1960), and Mary Tyler Moore (1936).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Christine Chubbuck ranks 15. Before her are Chris Wallace (1947), Ed Sullivan (1901), Johnny Carson (1925), Fred Rogers (1928), Michael Buffer (1944), and Walter Cronkite (1916). After her are Conan O'Brien (1963), Barbara Walters (1929), Mike Bongiorno (1924), Howard Stern (1954), Michael Cole (1968), and Huell Howser (1945).

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