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Filter, "Hey Man, Nice Shot"
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The suicide of R. Budd Dwyer, January 22, 1987
After being found guilty of bribery charges, Pennsylvania state treasurer R. Budd Dwyer shot and killed himself during a press conference. Broadcast live during mid-day hours, Dwyer read a prepared statement and left notes with his staffers before turning a gun on himself and scarring witnesses indelibly. Eight years later, Filter responded with "Hey Man, Nice Shot," a song written about and directed to Mr. Dwyer himself. (When it came out, though, many music fans mistakenly believed it to be about Kurt Cobain's suicide.)
