Christine Chubbuck was an American Television News Reporter. She was born in Hudson, Ohio in 1944, August 24. She worked for stations WXLT-TV and WTOG in Sarasota, Florida. 

She died on July 15,1974 and the cause of her death was suicide by gunshot. She is known for to be the first person to die on a live television broadcast by commiting suicide. 

Later in 2016, two films were even played at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival named ‘Christine’ and ‘Kate Plays Christine’.