PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Map, News) - The Providence Journal reporter who broke the story that President Nixon would resign has died. Douglas C. Wilson was 67.

Annie Hondrogen, the parish administrator of Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst, Mass., says he died Monday at his home there. His funeral was being held Friday at the church.

Wilson was the newspaper's Washington bureau chief on Aug. 7, 1974, when Nixon confidant Baruch Korff tipped him off that the president would resign. He dictated the news for the Journal's afternoon edition.

Nixon announced his resignation the following day. Wilson was awarded the Merriman Smith Memorial Award for the scoop from the White House Correspondents Association.

Wilson left the Journal in 1975 to become associate secretary of Amherst College, his alma mater. He worked there until 2003.

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1:59 PM MST on Mon., Jul. 23, 2007 re: "Pete Wilson, long-time Bay Area television journalist, dies at 62"

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To "wheaties" perhaps you are confusing Pete Wilson the long time journalist with pete wilson the former Governor, the former U.S. Senator, the former Assemblyman and the former Mayor of San Diego. I've lived in the Bay Area for 10 years and I know the difference between the two men. Pete Wilson, the journalist, was a passionate responsible person. As for pete wilson the former governor, I'd rather not comment about.

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1:59 PM MST on Mon., Jul. 23, 2007 re: "Pete Wilson, long-time Bay Area television journalist, dies at 62"

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To "wheaties" perhaps you are confusing Pete Wilson the long time journalist with pete wilson the former Governor, the former U.S. Senator, the former Assemblyman and the former Mayor of San Diego. I've lived in the Bay Area for 10 years and I know the difference between the two men. Pete Wilson, the journalist, was a passionate responsible person. As for pete wilson the former governor, I'd rather not comment about.

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10:50 PM MST on Sat., Jul. 21, 2007 re: "Pete Wilson, long-time Bay Area television journalist, dies at 62"

wheaties said:
i have no sympathy for this guy when he was governor. i remembered what he said during a press conference where he told the people who disagreed with him, to crawl down his back and kiss his behind. his wife was alright, i don't know about him.

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6:53 PM MST on Sat., Jul. 21, 2007 re: "Pete Wilson, long-time Bay Area television journalist, dies at 62"

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What a shock it was to read this news! My thoughts and prayers to the family. Pete was an excellent journalist and will be missed all around the Bay Area.

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