Mark Felt: The FBI's Deep Throat in the Watergate Scandal Dies at 95

Mark Felt was the associate director of the FBI and the secret source known as Deep Throat. Born on August 17, 1913, in Twin Falls, Idaho, he joined the FBI in 1942.

As the bureau's number two official, he provided information to Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during the Watergate investigation. His identity was one of Washington's best-kept secrets until he revealed it in a Vanity Fair article in 2005. He had retired from the FBI in 1973.

In 1980 he was convicted of authorizing illegal break-ins, but he was pardoned by President Ronald Reagan. Felt died of congestive heart failure in Santa Rosa, California, on December 18, 2008, at age 95.

Achievements: Revealed as Deep Throat in 2005, FBI associate director.

Birth: August 17, 1913 - Twin Falls, Idaho.

Profession: FBI official.

Interesting Facts: He was pardoned by Ronald Reagan in 1981.