[H/T Barbour at Sucks. This article was deleted in 2015, not at AfD but at something called a “fringe theories noticeboard”. With the 50-year anniversary of Watergate, more has been published about Dorothy Hunt, including the Washington Post. There was also a 2015 novel by her son and a 2023 TV miniseries where she is played by Lena Header. Plus I would say that this article does not really mention that her and E Howard Hunt were both employed by the CIA, which is how they met, they were a CIA power couple, and that she was the bagman for the Watergate coverup. Plus the “conspiracy” referred to at the noticeboard has never been resolved, one way or the other, certainly her husband is referred to as a “co-conspirator”, and there were two conspiracy theories circulating about her. Michelle Clark, who also died in that plane crash, has an article, although she was just a cub reporter for a local station at the time. Eric is right, Dorothy Hunt should have an article.
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Dorothy Wetzel Day Goutiere Hunt (April 1, 1920 – December 8, 1972) was an American woman who was the first wife of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt. She died in the crash of United Airlines Flight 553,[1] during the unfolding of the scandal.
Background and early life
She was stationed in Shanghai, China after World War II, where she met her future husband. While in Paris, she was liaison between the Embassy of the United States in Paris and the Economic Cooperation Administration.
The couple returned to the United States and settled in Maryland.
Her husband spent much of his time involved in covert operations in Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Cuba.
The couple had 4 children, Lisa, Kevan, Saint John and David.
Watergate and death
In October 1972, Dorothy Hunt attempted to speak to Charles Colson. He refused to talk to her but later admitted to the New York Times that she was “upset at the interruption of payments from Nixon’s associates to Watergate defendants.”
Controversies surrounding death
Dorothy Hunt was carrying $10,000 in $100 bills when the plane crashed.[2] James McCord alleged that Hunt supplied the Watergate defendants with money for legal expenses.[2]
Just before Hunt boarded the aircraft she purchased $250,000 in flight insurance payable to E. Howard Hunt.[citation needed] In his book Undercover (1974), Hunt claims he was unaware that his wife planned to do this. In the book he also tried to explain what his wife was doing with $10,000 in her purse. According to Hunt it was money to be invested with Hal Carlstead in “two already-built Holiday Inns in the Chicago area”.
Nixon administration figure Chuck Colson told TIME magazine that “I don’t say this to my people. They’d think I’m nuts. I think they [the CIA] killed Dorothy Hunt.”[3] Also killed in the December 1972 plane crash was CBS News Correspondent Michele Clark and Illinois Congressman George W. Collins.
References
- ^ Staff report (December 11, 1972). Watergate Figure’s Dead Wife Had $10,000 to Invest, He Says. New York Times
- ^ Jump up to:a b “Crash Mrs. Hunt Died In Blamed On Pilot Error”. St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. UPI. September 28, 1973. p. 16-A. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ^ “Colson’s Weird Scenario” July 8, 1974, TIME Magazine. Accessed September 10, 2009.
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See also
(Most of these are new since the deletion of the article.)
“Dorothy Hunt”. Profile covering conspiracy theories with extended bibliography. https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKhuntD.htm
Dorothy, “An Amoral and Dangerous Woman”: The Murder of E. Howard Hunt’s Wife – Watergate’s Darkest Secret, by St. John Hunt (Author), Roger Stone (Foreword), October 15, 2015. written by her son
“A plane crash 50 years ago changed the course of US history”, https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/12/08/dorothy-hunt-united-crash-watergate/ (paywall)
“WATERGATE PAYMISTRESS MURDERED Or Who Killed Dorothy Hunt”, by Cari Oglesby of the Boston Phoenix, Ann Arbor Sun, August 8, 1973. https://aadl.org/node/195839
“White House Plumbers” HBO series. Review: https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/dorothy-hunt-death-conspiracy-theories-white-house-plumbers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Plumbers_(miniseries)
“Son of Watergate burglar shares story on 50th Anniversary”, Karly Tinsley,
Jun 17, 2022. https://www.kezi.com/news/son-of-watergate-burglar-shares-story-on-50th-anniversary/article_994c92fe-ede3-11ec-a446-cfc75e63fb0f.html
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