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G. Gordon Liddy, known for role in Watergate scandal, dead at age of 90
2021-03-31
[Just The News] G. Gordon Liddy, known for his role in the Watergate scandal, died on Tuesday at his daughter's house in Virginia at the age of 90-years-old.

According to the Washington Post, while the man's son Thomas P. Liddy confirmed his father's passing, he did not provide a cause of death but did note that it was not connected to coronavirus.

Liddy was "the undercover operative whose bungling of the Watergate break-in triggered one of the gravest constitutional crises in American history and led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon," according to the outlet.
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  Interesting guy OK. But Nixon should have left him twisting in the wind.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-03-31 12:32  

#5  I stumbled upon his book Will as a teenager at a used bookstore. Enjoyed it and then stumbled upon his radio show which was entertaining as well. He also wrote a book entitled When I Was Young This Was A Free Country or something akin to that. Perhaps it should be reissued now as a reminder of how far our freedoms have been eroded and attacked. He led an interesting life and I remember him saying (paraphrase) "I did not want simply to endure, but to prevail." His post-Watergate and post-prison life bore that out. RIP.
Posted by: York Harding   2021-03-31 11:18  

#4  He used to have a very good radio talk show. And his memoir 'Will' was quite interesting. Then there was his 'conspiracy theory' about John Dean, which I have to admit made better sense than what has been purveyed as the true story.
Posted by: Glenmore   2021-03-31 11:08  

#3  In college, I saw him and Timothy Leery speak -- in the same room, at the same time. Interesting event, and Liddy was the more engaging of the two speakers.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2021-03-31 09:48  

#2  Former FBI agent....Liddy was "the undercover operative whose bungling of the Watergate break-in triggered one of the gravest constitutional crises

Yes, the foto might indicate some lack of repentance. Some things apparently do not change.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-03-31 09:04  

#1  

75%+ of the American people just said, Who ?
Posted by: Jumbo Gonque7959   2021-03-31 01:35  

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