The Watergate "Bagman" has died

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Fred LaRue

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Fred LaRue, a Watergate figure and high-ranking Nixon administration official who once was rumored to be Deep Throat, died of natural causes. He was 75.

His body was discovered Tuesday by a maid who entered his hotel room in Biloxi, Coroner Gary Hargrove said. The coroner said he believes LaRue died Saturday.

LaRue was known as the "bagman" who delivered payoffs to keep participants in the Watergate break-in quiet, and served 4 1/2 months in federal prison for conspiracy to obstruct justice.

LaRue served as special assistant to John Mitchell, the former attorney general who later headed President Nixon's re-election committee.

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