# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christine-chubbuck
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:45:14.718Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christine-chubbuck"
name: "Christine Chubbuck"
slug: "christine-chubbuck"
description: "Christine Chubbuck was an American television news reporter who worked for stations WTOG and WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida. She is best known for being the first person to die by suicide on a live television broadcast."
tagline: "American television news reporter (1944–1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christine_Chubbuck_image.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1944-08-24"
deathDate: "1974-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.88716133333334
  currentAttention:     3.6
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm2182544"
sources:
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    title: "Κριστίν Τσάμπακ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Christine Chubbuck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Christine Chubbuck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Чаббак, Кристин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Christine Chubbuck"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump