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, ...

An unhinged politician. A room full of reporters and photographers. And a .357 magnum tucked in a manila envelope. These three volatile elements combusted on Jan. 22, 1987, into one of the most ...

When a politician calls a news conference, he or she expects the media to cover it. Everything’s on the record. But when corruption-convicted Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer punctuated his Jan.

On Jan. 22, 1987, Pennsylvania State Treasurer Budd Dwyer committed suicide on live TV. This is the original report from WGAL News 8 chronicling what happened on that day. Please note, this report ...

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, ...

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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 ...