17 Haunting Photos Of People Moments Before Their Death

2. R. Budd Dwyer

Robert Budd Dwyer was a Pennsylvanian politician, serving as the 30th Treasurer of the State for six years before his death in 1987. Only moments after the above photo was taken, Dwyer committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver at a news conference in Harrisburg.

The incident became notorious for having been broadcast live on television across Pennsylvania. Dwyer had been convicted of receiving a bribe from a firm trying to gain a government contract. Throughout the court case Dwyer maintained his innocence, and it later emerged after his death that he had actually been framed for the whole thing.