‘Deep Throat’ Mark Felt Dies At 95

Former FBI second-in-command who revealed himself as “Deep Throat” 30 years after he tipped off reporters to the Watergate scandal that toppled a president, W. Mark Felt has died at age 95.

Felt passed away Thursday of congestive heart failure in Santa Rosa after several months of failing health, said family friend John D. O’Connor, who wrote the 2005 Vanity Fair article uncovering Felt’s secret.

The shadowy central figure in the one of the most gripping political dramas of the 20th century, Felt insisted his alter ego be kept secret when he leaked damaging information about President Richard Nixon and his aides to The Washington Post.