Pennsylvania state treasurer R. Budd Dwyer prepares to pull a pistol from a brown manila envelope during a news conference in his State Capitol office in Harrisburg, Penn., Jan. 22, 1987. Dwyer ...

View full size AP photo/Gary Dwight Miller, 1987Pennsylvania State Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer raises his left hand to stop people approaching him as he holds a pistol in his right hand as he prepares ...

Just before noon yesterday, the pictures started to arrive at The Morning Call. One by one, an Associated Press Laserphoto machine delivered grisly images of Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer&#8… ...

Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer, facing the possibility of a long prison sentence on federal bribery charges, shot himself to death before a packed press conference Thursday in his office. Bef… ...

IN 1987, the tragic death of Budd Dwyer during a televised press conference left America shocked. Over three decades later, we take a look into the life of the late politician, what he was accused … ...

Terribly, Thursday, R. Budd Dwyer did the unthinkable. Standing in front of television cameras, photographers and about 20 reporters, the state treasurer put a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger.

An earlier version of this story asserted that the suicide of R. Budd Dwyer was broadcast live on TV in 1987. A search of contemporaneous accounts indicates that some stations showed tapes of the ...

Jan. 22 marks a dark anniversary in Pennsylvania history. At a live news conference on that date in 1987, Pa. State Treasurer Budd Dwyer pulled a .357-caliber revolver out of an envelope, said his ...

The shocking suicide of Pennsylvania politician R. Bud Dwyer on Jan. 22, 1987 inspired the hit song 'Hey Man, Nice Shot' by Filter.

Miller captured one of the signature photos of the event, with Dwyer holding the gun in his right hand while his left arm is extended toward the camera, as if warning off bystanders.

Fit For An Autopsy have released a new song called “Thank You, Budd Dwyer” (stream below), and if you’re wondering who Budd Dwyer is (was), well, please allow FFFAA to explain: “This song is our ...