- Sandy Hume
Infobox journalist
name = Sandy Hume
birthname = Alexander Britton Hume Jr.
birth_date = birth date|1969|9|2|mf=y
birth_place =Washington D.C.
age = 28 years old
death_date = death date and age|1998|2|22|1969|9|2|mf=y
death_place = Arlington,Virginia
occupation =Journalist for "The Hill"
gender = Male
family =Brit Hume , Rhoda Kim Schiller Hume, Virginia Hume
relatives =
credits = The aborted 1997 coup by Rep.Dick Armey against House SpeakerNewt Gingrich Sandy Hume, born Alexander Britton Hume Jr., (
September 2 ,1969 ,Washington, D.C. —February 22 ,1998 ,Arlington, Virginia ),was an American journalist. Ajournalist for "The Hill" newspaper in Washington, D.C., Hume was the son ofBrit Hume , Fox News Channel's managing editor.Career
Hume broke the story of the aborted 1997 coup by Rep.
Bill Paxon against House SpeakerNewt Gingrich .MSNBC commentator and former Republican congressmanJoe Scarborough says in his book, "Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day", that he was Hume's source.Death
Hume committed
suicide in his apartment inArlington, Virginia . In the months before his death, Hume, analcoholic , had begun drinking again. The night before his suicide, Hume was jailed fordrunk driving and tried to hang himself in the Park Police jail cell. [ Tapper, Jake. "Suicide Watch" "Washington City Paper " March 13, 1998 http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg10759.html] He was admitted to a psychiatric hospital and then released. He went home and took his life with a hunting rifle. Prior to doing so, he wrote a long note, expressing shame at the previous night's events.Posthumous honors
The National Press Club honors Hume's memory with the annual Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism.
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