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Ron Hardy
30th Treasurer of Delaware
In office
January 20, 1989 – November 16, 1995
GovernorMike Castle
Dale E. Wolf
Tom Carper
Preceded byUnknown
Succeeded byUnknown
Personal details
Born(1943-07-14)July 14, 1943
Jackson, Maine
DiedNovember 16, 1995(1995-11-16) (aged 52)
Dover, Delaware
Cause of deathSuicide by Stabbing
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMelinda “Linny” Carlyle (m.1965-1995; her death)
Children3 (1 daughter, 2 sons)
ProfessionPolitician
Known forSuicide live on air day after death of wife

Ronald Joseph Hardy (July 14, 1943 – November 16, 1995) was an American politician who was the State Treasurer of Delaware from 1989 to 1995, when he committed suicide by stabbing himself repeatedly in the stomach and chest (near the heart). Hardy committed suicide due to losing his wife Melinda of 30 years to Cancer the previous day. Many consider Hardy’s death eerily similar to that of R. Budd Dwyer (who was also a politician and treasurer) about 8 years prior (January 22, 1987).