Decades after dwyer ’ s death , the footage of his final press conference is readily available on the world wide web. Please leave the room if this will. if this will offend you! -- dwyer 1987 archival - a still photographic account of former pennsylvania state treasurer,… Budd dwyer ’ s death checked both boxes. Budd dwyer held a press conference that ended in tragedy, shocking the nation. Nine news cameras recorded the events. A few witnesses who stood in the same room as dwyer developed depression after the suicide and took breaks from journalism. This video explores the events leading up to that day, the missed warning. At a live news conference on that date in 1987, pa. In 1987, pennsylvania state treasurer r. Suicides do not come any more public and newsworthy than a politician shooting himself in front of nearly three dozen reporters, photographers and videographers. · dwyer was scheduled to be sentenced on those charges on , the day after his suicide. Robert budd dwyer ( – ) was an american politician who served as the 70th treasurer of pennsylvania from , until his suicide on. It is no longer current news, but the video ’s continued presence speaks to a cultural fascination with violence and death. State treasurer budd dwyer pulled a. 357-caliber revolver out of an envelope, said his final words, and killed himself in front of reporters.
