Mark Felt, the FBI official who as the anonymous journalistic source "Deep Throat" helped bring down President Richard M. Nixon, died on Thursday at his home in Santa Rosa, Calif. He was 95.
Felt suffered from congestive heart failure but the immediate cause of death was not known on Thursday night."He was an important person for the history of our nation, but also such a gem and such a treasure to our family," said his grandson Nick Jones, who confirmed the death. "He was a great man."Jones said the family would issue a formal statement on Friday.
In 2005, more than 30 years after his whistle-blowing helped topple a presidency, Felt held a press conference on the front steps of his Santa Rosa home.Felt, then 91, revealed that he was "Deep Throat," the anonymous source who in 1972 leaked information to the Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein about the Watergate scandal that eventually led to Nixon's resignation in 1974.
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4 comments:
Good for him, he earned his rest in peace.
At least we were able to know who it was while he was still alive.
took guts!
I'm glad he allowed us to know who he was while he was alive. The smile he had when he found out he was an American Hero and cheered gave him years to smile and know he did the right thing. May he now rest in peace.
Guts, indeed. Felt certainly earned his wings. And I am glad that the public looked at him as a hero when he confessed that he was Deep Throat. He makes the word "whistleblower" honorable.
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