Rose Mary Woods, 87, former secretary of Richard Nixon and key Watergate figure.

James F. Neal, 81, American jurist, prosecuted Watergate figures, cancer.

But he does look a bit like the Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy, who had, if nothing else, formidable determination.

But when a man like Winans or a Watergate figure writes then it's important.

In that case, the passages described Mr. Ford's thoughts about pardoning Watergate figures.

The Plumbers came to include several Watergate figures.

Charles Colson, the convicted Watergate figure and now a leading evangelical voice, is expected to write about Catholicism.

As with the Watergate figures, the popular-culture experts note, there are often books in the new celebrities' stories.

Unlike many of the other Watergate figures, Mr. Doar never wrote a book and never appears on television talk shows.

This novel by a convicted Watergate figure might make him think twice about it.