Fit For An Autopsy released a new song called "Thank You, Budd Dwyer," and it sounds exactly like you wouldn't expect a song thanking someone to sound like. “This song is our homage to Budd Dwyer, a ...
in 1986 state treasure Budd Dwyer was convicted of bribery and was to be sentenced to 55 years in prison. The day before his sentencing, Dwyer had a press conference where he maintained his innocents.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Kenn Marshall recalls edging toward the door when he saw the enormous handgun being held aloft by State Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer. Marshall’s movements on that snowy January day ...
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 of, ...
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, ...
Thirty years ago, one of the most infamous incidents in the history of Pennsylvania politics occurred in Harrisburg. R. Budd Dwyer, the convicted state treasurer, killed himself in the middle of a ...
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 ...
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. Before ...
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, ...
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’s ...
Jan. 22 marks 38 years since a dark day in Pennsylvania history.State Treasurer Budd Dwyer – who had been convicted of bribery and faced a maximum of 55 years in prison – took his life during a news ...