Definitions by Ace Crikey

an hero 

1)A person who has committed suicide. Note that this term is not generally used for people that use suicide as a warfare tactic (such as kamikaze pilots or suicide bombers) UNLESS they fail to acheive their objective while killing themselves.

2) Someone who does something so dangerously stupid that it results in their death, effectively accidentally comitting suicide.

Budd Dwyer became an hero.

an hero by Ace Crikey December 7, 2006