But he would never profit, as did other players in the Watergate scandal — even those convicted. Bob Woodward, who co-authored many of the scoops that broke open the Watergate scandal, said Wills deserved credit for alerting police. Not a lot of people would have done that.”Would there have been a Watergate scandal had he not found the taped lock? When Wills died of a brain tumor on Sept. 27, 2000, at a hospital in Augusta, Ga., he was destitute. Washington Post op-ed columnist Colbert I.

Source: Washington Post June 17, 2022 18:51 UTC