Mark Felt

Mark Felt, who has died at the age of 95, was appalled by the sleazy echoes of the pseudonym jokingly wished on him by Howard Simons.

The death of Mark Felt, better known as Deep Throat, added a postscript on Friday to an era of political skulduggery and journalistic endeavour.

Mark Felt, the mysterious source who helped Washington Post reporters crack the Watergate scandal, has died at age 95.

Mark Felt, the secret informant ”Deep Throat” in the Watergate scandal that led to the downfall of president Richard Nixon in 1974, has died.