The brother of the news anchor who shocked viewers by killing herself on live TV has broken his silence, saying that he’s thought about her “public suicide” every day since it happened in 1975.
On the morning on July 15, 1974, on-air personality Christine Chubbuck was sitting behind the news desk for her daily live show, Suncoast Digest, where she discussed community affairs with her audience of about 500 people in south-central Florida.r
According to a 1975 article published in the Washington Post, the 29-year-old made about $5,000 per year for hosting the 30-minute morning show that started broadcasting on ABC affiliate WXLT-TV in 1972.
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