He was found dead , reportedly of natural causes , in his room at the Sun Tan Motel Tuesday morning , officials said .
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He was found dead , reportedly of natural causes , in his room at the Sun Tan Motel <m> Tuesday morning </m> , officials said .
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Fred LaRue , top Nixon aide , dies at 75
Published : July 28 , 2004 at 1 : 24 PM
Fred LaRue , a Richard Nixon White House aide and key player in the Watergate scandal , was found dead in his room at a Biloxi , Miss . , motel , it was reported Wednesday .
LaRue was 75 , the Biloxi Sun Herald reported Wednesday .
He was found dead , reportedly of natural causes , in his room at the Sun Tan Motel <m> Tuesday morning </m> , officials said .
LaRue returned to Mississippi to tend his family's real estate and oil interests after serving more than four years for his role in the Watergate scandal .
Known as the "bagman , " he was arguably Nixon's most vital defender .
Watching the PBS documentary looking back at Watergate last summer , LaRue called Magruder a "congenital liar" and insisted Nixon had no knowledge of the plans .
LaRue was occasionally identified as "Deep Throat , " the shadowy character believed to have helped two Washington Post reporters crack a bevy of Nixon - era secrets , including the Watergate break - in .
But he denied he or any one individual could have been such a figure .