Trolls R Us redux [Now the argument clinic]

[JohnT]

My first post was also an OP. It’s also a relic of the pre YouTube days, where you can now see the footage! (Before it gets taken down again)

Has there been a "live" suicide on American TV?

I remember reading about a FL newswoman killing herself during a broadcast in the introduction to Harlan Ellison’s collection “Strange Wine.” He claims that she said something like: “In keeping with Channel 11’s policy of bringing you the latest in blood and death, here is an actual first: a live suicide.” I have never heard any confirmation/denial that such a thing occurred other than the Ellison source and I was thinking that someone amongst the Teeming Millions would be able to either verif…