Simple answer is that Dwyer committed suicide because he was convicted in a bribery scandal and sentenced to 55 years in prison, and he upheld his claim of innocence all the way. One additional factor ...

Greg Penny was a 33-year-old true believer in Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer, his embattled, corruption-convicted boss. Even as the big, bear-like Dwyer rambled and sweated throughout a Jan. 22, ...

Fit For An Autopsy released a new song called "Thank You, Budd Dwyer," and it sounds exactly like you wouldn't expect a song thanking someone to sound like. “This song is our homage to Budd Dwyer, a ...

On the morning of Jan. 22, 1987, Pennsylvania State Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer, called a press conference. Most of the news crews and staff gathered in the room had assumed that Dwyer—who appeared ...

This bracket in our Kingpins of Corruption challenge features (left to right) Frank Serafini, Ernie Preate, Bud Dwyer and (not shown) Tracy Seyfert. Sketching out their sketchy records required a trip ...

It was an unthinkable thought, yet it was there. Something wasn’t right. The gut said something was wrong, but who would do anything like that? Terribly, Thursday, R. Budd Dwyer did the unthinkable.

On this day, Jan. 22, in 1987, on the eve of his sentencing for a bribery conviction, Pennsylvania state Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer shot and killed himself at a news conference on live television. Dwyer, ...

In the heart of the nation's capital, in a courthouse of the U.S. government, one man will stop at nothing to keep his honor, and one will stop at nothing to find the truth.

On this day, Jan. 22, in 1987, on the eve of his sentencing for a bribery conviction, Pennsylvania state Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer shot and killed himself at a news conference on live television. 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 ...