Lowell Weicker, Maverick GOP Connecticut Senator, Dies at 92 (1)

Lowell Weicker, the Republican senator who helped lead the Watergate investigation that resulted in President Richard Nixon’s resignation, has died. He was 92.

Weicker died Wednesday at a hospital in Middletown, Connecticut, the New York Times reported, citing a statement from his family. No cause was given.

Weicker was the last surviving member of the special Senate committee that investigated the Watergate scandal in 1973-1974. Serving on that panel thrust him into the national spotlight. Although he had been elected with Nixon’s endorsement, Weicker was one of the president’s chief critics.

Weicker moved further left as the Republican ...