Watergate mastermind G Gordon Liddy dies

G Gordon Liddy kneels next to his Corvette in this 1997 photo (Ron Edmonds/AP)

G Gordon Liddy, a mastermind of the Watergate burglary and a radio talk show host after emerging from prison, died on Tuesday in Virginia. He was 90.

His son Thomas Liddy confirmed the death but did not reveal the cause, other than to say it was not Covid-related.