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21 de oct. de 2021 · Bloomberg/Getty Images. J. Edgar Hoover died on May 2, 1972, in Washington, D.C. His housekeeper arrived at his home to find the legendary lawman's lifeless body by his bed, according to The New York Times. His cause of death was later revealed to be "hypertensive cardiovascular disease."
John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law-enforcement administrator who served as the final Director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). President Calvin Coolidge first appointed Hoover as director of the BOI, the predecessor to the FBI, in 1924.
18 de jun. de 2010 · Early on the morning of May 2, 1972, Hoover died in his sleep at the age of 77. In the days after his death, President Nixon reportedly directed staff at the Justice Department to obtain the...
3 de abr. de 2014 · Despite the harsh criticism Hoover and the Bureau received, he remained its director until his death on May 2, 1972, at the age of 77. Legacy Hoover shaped the F.B.I in his own image of...
10 de may. de 2024 · Sólo la muerte lo separó del cargo. Montó una operación para instar a Martin Luther King a suicidarse y se llevó secretos a la tumba. Por Julieta Roffo. 10 May, 2024 00:54 a.m. EST. Compartir. J....
22 de nov. de 2022 · Five decades after his death, J. Edgar Hoover still haunts the FBI. His nearly 48-year reign as its director, from 1924 to 1972, has come to symbolize the dangers of a stealth domestic...
9 de feb. de 2010 · On May 2, 1972, with the Watergate affair about to explode onto the national stage, J. Edgar Hoover died of heart disease at the age of 77. The Watergate affair subsequently revealed that the...
