Evelyn McHale
✓ Source-basedrisingSubject of iconic suicide photo (1923-1947)
United StatesLived 1923 to 1947 · aged 23Evelyn Francis McHale was an American bookkeeper who jumped to her death from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building. Robert Wiles, a photography student, took a picture of her corpse where it lay on top of a crushed car.
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Evelyn Francis McHale was an American bookkeeper who jumped to her death from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building. Robert Wiles, a photography student, took a picture of her corpse where it lay on top of a crushed car. The photograph was republished around the world and led Time magazine to call it "the most beautiful suicide". It inspired Andy Warhol, among other artists.
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