The attempts made her uncomfortable, so she gave it to an unnamed “very large law firm” for safekeeping. But after the Sundance debut of the quasi-documentary Kate Plays Christine, in which a former news station employee suggests that Nelson might have the tape, people started contacting her asking to see it. When he died, it stayed in her possession. How kyuss got the video is the question since Vulture reported in June the tape of the on-air suicide had been kept by the widow of the man who owned the station at the time of Chubbuck’s death, Robert Nelson. Yesterday, a YouTube user named kyuss uploaded a grainy video purported to be the suicide. But the actual video of the suicide was presumed lost. Last year, two different films about Chubbuck’s suicide appeared at Sundance, one was a documentary and the other was a narrative drama. He said his parents spent over $1 million on psychiatrists and psychologists over 20 years to "help Chrissie find peace.On JWXLT (now WWSB) host Christine Chubbuck pulled out a gun and shot herself live, on-air.Ĭhubbuck’s last words were “In keeping with Channel 40’s policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts and in living color, you are going to see another first – an attempted suicide.” Chubbuck, 29, died 14 hours later at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. She obtained a broadcasting degree from Boston University then worked at the Florida news station. He was in tears."Ĭhristine Chubbuck grew up in the suburb of Hudson, Ohio, located a half-hour away from Akron, Greg told People. "She asked him if someone were to kill themselves where they would put the gun to make sure it was effective," Greg said. Her face made a contorted look, and her body fell forward onto the anchor desk and slipped out of sight. The 29-year-old died 15 hours later at a local hospital.Ĭhubbuck’s brother Greg told People Christine interviewed a deputy a few weeks before the incident. After a loud crack, her hair flew in her face as if a gust of wind had passed over it, according to the profile. She pointed to the lower back of her head and pulled the trigger. Her voice was steady as she looked into the camera and said: “An attempted suicide.” It was at this point that she brought her right hand up from under her desk, according to the profile. Then, she began to calmly read: “We bring you another first.” Chubbuck began a segment about an officer involved shooting when the footage jammed. The morning talkshow, titled “Suncoast Digest,” started off as normal on Monday, July 15, 1974, according to a profile written shortly after her suicide. "But I know no one knows where it is and no one ever will if I have anything to say about it." "I don't know to this day where it is," her brother Greg told People in an interview published Thursday. After being seized by authorities, it was given to her mother, Peg. Her family got an injunction preventing the release of the video of the incident, according an article published Thursday by People. She shot herself in the head on air at a Sarasota, Florida, news station. However, Christine Chubbuck’s death in 1974 made only a few headlines before her story faded away.Ĭhubbuck’s death is considered the first televised suicide in history, according to one of two Sundance films about the tragic tale. In today’s digital world, a television host’s suicide on air would be highly publicized.
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