March 9 (UPI) -- Alexander Butterfield, the aide to former President Richard Nixon who revealed to Congress the secret taping system in the White House that captured recordings about the Watergate burglary, died on Monday at age 99.
Butterfield's testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee that Nixon had recorded conversations in the White House, and the recordings that were eventually revealed, led to Nixon's resignation from office over the burglary scandal.
His death was confirmed to several news organizations by his wife, Kim.
Butterfield, who was the head of the Federal Aviation Administration when he was called to testify before the committee, at least partially about rumors that there could be recordings of conversations that included Nixon discussing the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate building in Washington, D.C.
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