<Tr> <Th> Cause of death </Th> <Td> Suicide by jumping </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Bookkeeper </Td> </Tr> <P> Evelyn Francis McHale (September 20, 1923--May 1, 1947) was an American bookkeeper who took her own life by jumping from the 86th floor Observation Deck of the Empire State Building on May 1, 1947 . </P> <P> A photograph taken four minutes after her death by photography student Robert Wiles has become an iconic suicide photograph, referred to as "the most beautiful suicide". </P>

Woman who jumped off the empire state building