Watergate 'Deep Throat' dies at 95

The former FBI chief who revealed himself as “Deep Throat” 30 years after he tipped off reporters to the Watergate scandal that toppled a president has died. Mark Felt was 95.

The former FBI chief who revealed himself as “Deep Throat” 30 years after he tipped off reporters to the Watergate scandal that toppled a president has died. Mark Felt was 95.

John O’Connor, a family friend who wrote the 2005 Vanity Fair article uncovering Mr Felt’s secret, said he died yesterday of heart failure.

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