Cox guaranteed place in history of Watergate

ARCHIBALD COX’S refusal to curtail his Watergate investigation after being ordered to do so by the White House cost him his job, and opened the way for President Richard Nixon’s impeachment.

Cox, whose principled stand against what he termed "exaggerated claims of executive privilege" guaranteed him a place in the history of Watergate, died peacefully on Saturday, said his daughter, Phyllis Cox. He was 92.

Cox died at his home in Brooksville, Maine, his daughter said.