R. Budd Dwyer

R. Budd Dwyer

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 Pennsylvania from January 20, 1981, to January 22, 1987, when he killed himself during a live press conference. In the early 1980s, Pennsylvania discovered that its state workers had overpaid federal taxes due to errors in state withholding prior to Dwyer's administration. A multimillion-dollar recovery contract was required to determine the compensation to be given to each employee. In 1986, Dwyer was convicted of accepting a bribe from Computer Technology Associates, a California-based firm, to award them the contract. He was found guilty 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. 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. Dwyer's suicide was broadcast later that day to a wide television audience across Pennsylvania. All posthumous appeals made by Dwyer's lawyers on Dwyer's behalf were denied, and his convictions were upheld. Along with Barbara Hafer and Rob McCord, Dwyer is one of three former Pennsylvania State treasurers to be convicted of corruption since the 1980s.

  • Title: R. Budd Dwyer
  • Popularity: 1.694
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1939-11-21
  • Place of Birth: St. Charles, Missouri, USA
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R. Budd Dwyer Movies

  • 2006
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    Loren Cass

    Loren Cass

    4.2 2006 HD

    Adolescents come to terms with their lives after the rebellions of 1996 St. Petersburg.

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  • 1991
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    Video Macumba

    Video Macumba

    4 1991 HD

    Video compilation by Mike Patton featuring various shocking film clips such as coprophagia, BDSM, Budd Dwyer's suicide, a young boy drowning, Mr....

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  • 2002
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    Bowling for Columbine

    Bowling for Columbine

    7.522 2002 HD

    This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough...

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  • 2010
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    Honest Man: The Life of R. Budd Dwyer

    Honest Man: The Life of R. Budd Dwyer

    5.6 2010 HD

    Honest Man: the Life of R. Budd Dwyer is a movie about politics and corruption, suicide and survival. The film chronicles Dwyer's meteoric rise to...

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  • 2014
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    Sinema

    Sinema

    1 2014 HD

    A 96 minute internet video collage made during a particularly disorientating time.

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  • 1987
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    T.V. Sphincter

    T.V. Sphincter

    2 1987 HD

    The sequel to Film Threat founder Chris Gore's video mixtape Cathode Fuck, T.V. Sphincter focuses more on death, sex, and the bizarre, similar in...

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  • 1995
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    Death: The Ultimate Horror

    Death: The Ultimate Horror

    6.333 1995 HD

    This grisly documentary presents horrifying journalistic footage of suicides, assassinations, bombings, mob hits, decapitations, and more in bloody...

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  • 1993
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    Traces of Death

    Traces of Death

    4.2 1993 HD

    Shockumentary that consists of various scenes of stock footage depicting death and real scenes of violence.

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  • 1992
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    Commercial Entertainment Product

    Commercial Entertainment Product

    8.5 1992 HD

    The video debut of experimental musicians and culture jamming artists Emergency Broadcast Network.

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  • 1992
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    Death Scenes 2

    Death Scenes 2

    5.7 1992 HD

    DEATH SCENES II continues the exploration into the dark recesses of violence and rage that ended in such heinous crimes as the Manson Family's...

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  • 2000
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    2001: The Final Breath

    2001: The Final Breath

    1 2000 HD

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