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W Mark Felt, also known as "Deep Throat," the key informant in the Watergate scandal died on December 18, 2008, at a hospice near his home in Santa Rosa, California. Although he had been suffering from congestive heart failure and dementia, the cause of death was not immediately determined.Washington Post: 'Deep Throat' Mark Felt Dies at 95 (December 19, 2008) The Huffington Post: 'Deep Throat' Mark Felt Dies (December 19, 2008)
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Fast Facts
- Full name: William Mark Felt
- Was the associate director of the FBI during the Nixon Administration
- Retired from the FBI in 1973
- Pseudonym came from pornographic movie Deep Throat
- Suffered a stroke in 1999, and a second stroke in 2001
- Died December 18, 2008 at age 95Reuters: Watergate 'Deep Throat' Mark Felt Dies at 95 (December 19, 2008)
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Legacy
Felt's tips to Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were instrumental in bringing down the Nixon administration and eventually forcing president Richard Nixon to resign -
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"Felt "was fine this morning" and was "joking with his caregiver," according to his daughter, Joan Felt. She said...that her father ate a big breakfast before remarking that he was tired and going to sleep."He slipped away," she said.Washington Post: 'Deep Throat' Mark Felt Dies at 95 (December 19, 2008)"When asked how he would like to be remembered, Felt said, "I'd like to be remembered as a government employee who did his best to help everybody."CNN: W. Mark Felt, 'Deep Throat' of Watergate, Dead at 95 (December 19, 2008)
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