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Subject: White House suicide shown live on TV????
I was probably in 3rd or 4th grade when this happened...I need to know the name of the man that committed suicide on live on TV during a press conference...If I remember correctly he was from the White House...One thing I remember clearly is him holding a manilla envelope and pulling a gun out of it....Does anyone else remember this???
Subject: Re: White House suicide shown live on TV????
> I was probably in 3rd or 4th grade when this happened...I need to know the
> name of the man that committed suicide on live on TV during a press
> conference...If I remember correctly he was from the White House...One
> thing I remember clearly is him holding a manilla envelope and pulling a
> gun out of it....Does anyone else remember this???
wasn't the White House, the song "hey Man, nice Shot" by Filter is about this, it was about a Penn. Treasurer. The following is from a Filter website:
it is about the late Pennsylvania state Treasurer R. Budd Doiwer, who used a .357-caliber Magnum to soot him self in on January 22, 1987. He fired it into his mouth it was one day before he was scheduled to appear before a federal judge for sentencing in a bribery-conspiracy scandal. Up until that moment Doiwer had maintained his innocence on charges of conspiracy to accept campaign contributions in exchange for allegedly giving a Social Security overpayment recovery contract to John Torquato of Computer Technology. That deal reportedly involved hundreds of millions of dollars. Responding to media reports, Filter issued this statement: "The song 'Hey Man Nice Shot' is a reaction to a well-documented public suicide. It is not a celebration or glorification of taking one's own life. The phrase 'hey man, nice shot' is not a reference to the final act itself, but rather an expression of guts and determination of a person standing up for what they believe is right. We are extremely sensitive and respectful to the family and friends of Mr. Doiwer. We have both lost friends to suicide and felt nothing but sympathy and loss for the victims, and those involved in such a tragedy."