Suicide of Evelyn McHale

✶September 20, 1923

†May 1, 1947

3 candles burning, 7 lit in all

About their life

Evelyn Frances 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.

Subject of iconic suicide photo (1923–1947)

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