during a televised political debate in 1960 Network, a 1976 fictional film in which a newscaster is murdered on air R. Budd Dwyer, a Pennsylvania politician who fatally shot himself in front of TV news cameras in 1987 Daniel V. Jones, an American man who died by suicide on live television in front of news helicopters in 1998 Alison Parker and Adam Ward, a reporter and photojournalist who were murdered during a live television broadcast on August 26, 2015, at Bridgewater Plaza, Moneta, Virginia Ronnie McNutt, an Iraq War veteran who fatally shot himself in the head on a live Facebook stream Notes References External links Christine Chubbuck: Tragedy In The News (2012) Christine Chubbuck: The Saga Continues (2016) 1944 births 1974 deaths 1974 suicides 20th-century American journalists 20th-century American women American television journalists American women television journalists Boston University College of Communication alumni Burials at sea Endicott College alumni Female suicides Filmed deaths in the United States Filmed suicides Journalists from Ohio Miami University alumni People from Hudson, Ohio People from Sarasota, Florida People with mood disorders Suicides by firearm in Florida