<P> Robert Budd Dwyer ( November 21 , 1939 -- January 22 , 1987 ) was the 30th State Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . He served from 1971 to 1981 as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate representing the state 's 50th district . He then served as the 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania from January 20 , 1981 , until his death . On January 22 , 1987 , Dwyer called a news conference in the Pennsylvania state capital of Harrisburg where he killed himself in front of the gathered reporters , by shooting himself in the mouth with a . 357 Magnum revolver . Dwyer 's suicide was broadcast later that day to a wide television audience across Pennsylvania . </P>
<P> Robert Budd Dwyer ( November 21 , 1939 -- January 22 , 1987 ) was the 30th State Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . He served from 1971 to 1981 as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate representing the state 's 50th district . He then served as the 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania from January 20 , 1981 , until his death . On January 22 , 1987 , Dwyer called a news conference in the Pennsylvania state capital of Harrisburg where he killed himself in front of the gathered reporters , by shooting himself in the mouth with a . 357 Magnum revolver . Dwyer 's suicide was broadcast later that day to a wide television audience across Pennsylvania . </P>
who was the guy that shot himself on tv
who was the guy that shot himself on tv
Robert Budd Dwyer
Robert Budd Dwyer