that he did not want Berger revealed as the source, nor did he want made public the circumstances of their conversation, saying it would disrupt his marriage. Clawson had called Berger and was invited to visit her apartment for a drink. He pleaded, unsuccessfully: "I have a wife and a family and a dog and a cat." While the authenticity of this part of the story may be open to some speculation, and was not reported by The Washington Post in its original October 1972 story, it was featured in the 1974 book All the President's Men as well as the 1976 film adaptation of the book. Later years In the 1990s, Clawson was the subject of many articles pointing to him as the possible identity of Deep Throat, Bob Woodward's confidential source in the Executive Branch. Woodward's source was conclusively identified in 2005 as being Mark Felt, the second-in-command at the Federal Bureau of Investigation during the investigation into the Watergate scandal. Clawson died from a heart attack in New Orleans at the age of 63 on December 17, 1999. He was survived by his wife Carol, three living children, his mother and sister, along with six grandchildren. He had suffered from poor health following a stroke in 1975, the year after he left the White House. References 1936 births 1999 deaths 20th-century American writers Bowling Green State University alumni Nieman Fellows Nixon administration personnel involved in the Watergate scandal The Washington Post journalists United States presidential advisors University of Michigan alumni White House Communications Directors People from Monroe, Michigan