Martha Mitchell died at age 57 on [Monday,] May 31, 1976.
The 50th anniversary of her death has just passed.
Martha was a socialite who was also, when she died, the wife of John Mitchell.
John was United States attorney general in the administration of 37th U.S. president Richard Nixon.
Martha Mitchell, born September 2, 1918 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, was an outspoken and controversial figure who was a big pain to Nixon. Martha became especially a problem for Nixon during the Watergate scandal—she was kidnapped in that same month as the break-in during June 1972—which eventually brought down Nixon’s presidency with his resignation in 1974.
