# Chris Chubbock or Hubbock **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 11, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-chubbock-or-hubbock/36549 "2000-10-11T15:59:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shanesss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@shanesss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shanesss)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-chubbock-or-hubbock/36549/1 "2000-10-11T15:59:04Z")
I recently came across a quote posted on the internet, supposedly made by a newscaster from Florida in 1974: “And now, in keeping with Channel 40’s policy of always bringing you the latest in blood and guts, in living color, you’re about to see another first - an attempted suicide.” This newscaster reportedly shot herself on live t.v. I’ve seen the name listed as Chris Chubbock or Hubbock. Can anyone verify if this was true, or just an urban myth? ---
**Author:** ![Ankh\_Too](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Ankh\_Too](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ankh_Too)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-chubbock-or-hubbock/36549/2 "2000-10-11T16:48:39Z")
It actually happened, pretty much as you heard it: > [@](#): > > \*\* > Chris Chubbuck (died 15 July 1974) > Some people will do anything for a scoop. When a technical problem interefered with the orderly presentation of a story on her morning news show, this 30-year-old news anchor announced, "In keeping with Channel 40’s policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts and in living color, you are going to see another first – attempted suicide. She the drew a revolver and shot herself in the head. Chubbuck expired 14 hours later in hospital. \*\* The [“Died Onstage”](http://www.snopes.com/spoons/noose/dead.htm) section of the [Urban Legends Reference Pages](http://www.snopes.com) is the cite.