Died: March 30, 2021. IT was Monday, June 19, 1972. A break-in in the early hours of Saturday morning at the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate complex in Washington had been discovered. Carried out with the aim of bugging the offices, it was an accident waiting to happen. Five men, led by a former CIA agent, James McCord, had been arrested at the scene and had already appeared in court, charged with felonious burglary and with possession of implements of crime. The burglary – actually the second one at the DNC offices in the space of a few weeks – had been put together by G. Gordon Liddy, a former FBI agent, and E. Howard Hunt, a former CIA agent; they had monitored the operation from a Watergate hotel room, but had fled.
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Apr 1, 2021
WASHINGTON G. Gordon Liddy, a mastermind of the Watergate burglary and a radio talk show host after emerging from prison, died Tuesday at age 90 at his daughter’s home in Virginia.
His son, Thomas Liddy, confirmed the death but did not reveal the cause, other than to say it was not related to COVID-19.
Liddy, a former FBI agent and Army veteran, was convicted of conspiracy, burglary and illegal wiretapping for his role in the Watergate burglary, which led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. He spent four years and four months in prison, including more than 100 days in solitary confinement.
Watergate mastermind G Gordon Liddy dies at 90
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April 1, 2021
WASHINGTON: G. Gordon Liddy, a mastermind of the Watergate burglary and a radio talk show host after emerging from prison, has died at age 90 at his daughter’s home in Virginia, foreign media reported Wednesday.
His son, Thomas Liddy, confirmed the death but did not reveal the cause, other than to say it was not related to COVID-19. Liddy, a former FBI agent and Army veteran, was convicted of conspiracy, burglary and illegal wiretapping for his role in the Watergate burglary, which led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. He spent four years and four months in prison, including more than 100 days in solitary confinement.