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As co-leader of “the plumbers” unit in President Richard Nixon’s White House, G Gordon Liddy, who has died aged 90 of complications from Parkinson’s disease, was the instigator of the Watergate office burglary, the fallout from which eventually forced Nixon’s resignation in the face of impeachment.
Liddy’s refusal to testify against his bosses, presented as falling on his sword for his prince, saw him serve the longest sentence of any of the Watergate conspirators, but upon his release from prison he capitalised on his notoriety for a remarkable second career in the public eye.
She had been slowing down recently. She suffered from congestive heart failure and her breathing became laboured. “She never complained about anything, ever. So when you asked her how she was, she’d always say: ‘Everything’s fine here.’ But then the last day, when I went to go see her, she said: ‘Well I can’t say everything’s fine here today.’ I knew something was wrong at that point, so I got the doctor out there,” he said. George was at Royal Jubilee Hospital waiting for Connie to be brought in by ambulance when her doctor, James Cox, phoned him and told him to come home quickly. Connie died peacefully, he said.
by Louise Dickson, Victoria Times Colonist, The Canadian Press
Posted Jan 29, 2021 3:13 pm ADT
Last Updated Jan 29, 2021 at 3:24 pm ADT
VICTORIA Constance Dora Isherwood, a trailblazer for women in B.C.’s legal profession and the oldest practising lawyer in the province, was still working two hours before she died Tuesday at the age of 101.
“She worked that day and was very, very worried about closing real estate deals by the end of the day. She didn’t want to put anybody else out and passed away at 6 p.m.,” her son George Isherwood said Thursday.
Connie, as she was known, celebrated her 101st birthday Jan. 19 with a dinner at Moxie’s, said Isherwood.
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Louise Dickson, Victoria Times Colonist
Constance Isherwood is shown at the Holmes and Isherwood law offices in Victoria, Oct.20, 2016. Isherwood died Tuesday at the age of 101 just hours after she left work at her office. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Victoria Times-Colonist-Adrian Lam MANDATORY CREDIT January 29, 2021 - 11:13 AM
VICTORIA - Constance Dora Isherwood, a trailblazer for women in B.C.âs legal profession and the oldest practising lawyer in the Âprovince, was still working two hours before she died Tuesday at the age of 101.
âShe worked that day and was very, very worried about closing real estate deals by the end of the day. She didnât want to put anybody else out and passed away at 6 p.m.,â her son George ÂIsherwood said Thursday.