#Budd Dwyer’s

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silent narwhal
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“Picture with disturbing backstory”
“Budd was an American politician, convicted on 11 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, perjury, and interstate transportation in aid of racketeering, and was scheduled to be sentenced on January 23, 1987.[5] On January 22, Dwyer called a news conference in the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building in Harrisburg, during which he fatally shot himself with a .357 Magnum revolver in front of reporters.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer

I really can’t remember if Mr. B covered this one. I checked the doc with all the episodes and i did not see it, but I could have browsed over it.

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 1981 as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate representing the state's 50th district. Dwyer then served as the 30th state treasurer of Pennsylvan...

keen roost
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Wow.