Politician R. Budd Dwyer died by suicide on Jan. 22, 1987, in front of an audience of TV news cameras. Eight years later, the incident would inspire the alt-rock hit “Hey Man, Nice Shot” by Filter.

Greg Penny was a 33-year-old true believer in Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer, his embattled, corruption-convicted boss. Even as the big, bear-like Dwyer rambled and sweated throughout a Jan. 22, ...

Robert Budd Dwyer (November 21, 1939 – January 22, 1987) was an American politician. He served from 1965 to 1971 as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and from 1971 to ...

Freshly sworn-in Pa. Lt. Gov. Mark Singel was shifting through correspondence behind the desk of his new office in January 1987 when he came upon a hand-delivered letter from an old friend, R. Budd ...

On this day, Jan. 22, in 1987, on the eve of his sentencing for a bribery conviction, Pennsylvania state Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer shot and killed himself at a news conference on live television. Dwyer, ...