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Jeb Stuart Magruder, the former White House aide who served seven months in prison for his role in the Watergate scandal that forced Richard Nixon to resign from the presidency in 1974, has died. He was 79. Magruder, a retired Presbyterian minister, died Sunday in Danbury, Conn., of complications from a stroke. Jeffrey H. Hull of the Hull Funeral Home in Danbury confirmed his death.

A figure from the Watergate scandal who now lives in central Ohio was hospitalized today after smashing his sedan into a motorcycle, then a truck on Rt. 315, authorities said. Jeb Stuart Magruder, 72, was in serious condition at Riverside Methodist Hospital tonight, a hospital spokesman said. It's the third time in four years that Magruder, of Victorian Village, has been in trouble in Ohio.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- One of the greatest mysteries of our time is no longer a mystery, NBC 4's Colleen Marshall reported. After 31 years of silence, FBI veteran Mark Felt, 91, who sparked the Watergate scandal, revealed Tuesday he was Deep Throat. Felt secretly gave information to famed reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein about the break-in at the Democratic Headquarters in the Watergate Hotel. High-ranking officials in the Nixon Administration suspected Felt but apparently did not pursue it, fearing more damaging information might be revealed, Marshall reported. "He's always lived with honor. He's a great patriot," said Felt's daughter...