E. Howard Hunt, the coordinator of the Watergate burglary and other clandestine activities during the Nixon administration, died of pneumonia in Miami Tuesday at the age of 88, according to Reuters.
Hunt, once a CIA agent, was officially a consultant to President Richard Nixon, and lead the group of "plumbers" hired to plug up information leaks in the Nixon administration with G. Gordon Liddy, Reuters reported.
The "plumbers" are best known for being involved in the June 22, 1972, burglary of the Democratic National Committee's headquarters in the District's Watergate office complex. The arrest of the five burglars eventually led Nixon to resign from office in the face of then-ongoing impeachment proceedings. Hunt eventually served 33 months in prison after being convicted of burglary, conspiracy and wiretapping, according to Reuters.
