Watergate's 'deep Throat', Mark Felt, Dies
Senior FBI official who helped bring down President Richard Nixon dies aged 95
Mark Felt, better known as "Deep Throat", the mysterious FBI source behind the exposure of the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon, has died at the age of 95.
Felt died yesterday of congestive heart failure in Santa Rosa, California, after several months of failing health.
He secretly guided the Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward, as he and his colleague Carl Bernstein pursued the story of the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee's headquarters at the Watergate office building, and their subsequent revelations of the Nixon administration's campaign of spying and sabotage against its political adversaries .
His death comes three years after he finally admitted to being Woodward's source during the Washington Post's investigation into the scandal, after years of speculation as to the identity of the high-level source.
The shadowy central figure in the one of the most gripping political dramas of the 20th century, Felt insisted his alter ego be kept secret when he leaked damaging information about Nixon and his aides.
While some, including Nixon and his aides, speculated that Felt was the source who connected the White House to the break-in , he steadfastly denied the accusations until finally admitting his role in May 2005.
"I'm the guy they used to call Deep Throat," Felt told Vanity Fair in 2005, creating a whirlwind of media attention.
Felt died yesterday of congestive heart failure in Santa Rosa, California, after several months of failing health.
He secretly guided the Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward, as he and his colleague Carl Bernstein pursued the story of the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee's headquarters at the Watergate office building, and their subsequent revelations of the Nixon administration's campaign of spying and sabotage against its political adversaries .
His death comes three years after he finally admitted to being Woodward's source during the Washington Post's investigation into the scandal, after years of speculation as to the identity of the high-level source.
The shadowy central figure in the one of the most gripping political dramas of the 20th century, Felt insisted his alter ego be kept secret when he leaked damaging information about Nixon and his aides.
While some, including Nixon and his aides, speculated that Felt was the source who connected the White House to the break-in , he steadfastly denied the accusations until finally admitting his role in May 2005.
"I'm the guy they used to call Deep Throat," Felt told Vanity Fair in 2005, creating a whirlwind of media attention.
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