Patrick Gray, Deep Throat's FBI boss, dies at 88


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - L. Patrick Gray III, who ran the FBI when Mark Felt was leaking information about the Watergate burglary as Deep Throat, died on Wednesday at 88.

Gray died in Atlantic Beach, Florida, of complications from pancreatic cancer, his son Edward Gray said in a statement.

President Richard Nixon picked Gray to head the FBI in 1972 after the death of the legendary Director J. Edgar Hoover. But he was never approved by the Senate as permanent director because of suspicions about his involvement in the growing Watergate scandal.

As acting director, Gray's No. 2 man was Felt, a long-time FBI agent. Gray said in an interview last month he was "shocked" and felt "deep inner hurt" when he learned that Felt was reporter Bob Woodward's mysterious source in the Washington Post's stories of the scandal that forced Nixon to resign.

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Hoping this hasn't been posted previously, but I'm appealing to anyone here who's still interested in Watergate. Is this even a big deal anymore? This whole Deepthroat incident seemed to be revealed so far after the fact that no one really cares anymore...

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