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  Telegraph | News | Ron Ziegler
Ron Ziegler, who died on Monday aged 63, was President Richard Nixon's staunchly loyal press secretary at the time of the Watergate scandal.
Ziegler refuted this (he always said that it was probably a composite of several sources), although in their book All the President's Men Woodward and Bernstein observed that Deep Throat did a good imitation of Ziegler.
Ron Ziegler married, in 1960, Nancy Lee Plessinger, whom he met in the first grade and dated when she became a cheerleader for his high school football team; they had two daughters.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/02/12/db1201.xml   (1026 words)

  
 CNN.com - Nixon's press secretary Ziegler dies - Feb. 11, 2003
Ron Ziegler, the combative former press secretary to President Nixon who famously called the Watergate break-in a "third-rate burglary," died Monday of a heart attack, his wife said.
Ziegler functioned as the point man for an administration under fire, the president's strident defender until the public release of the Watergate tapes made it clear that Nixon and his top aides had engaged in a vast cover-up.
As spokesman for a much-maligned administration, Ziegler was often unpopular with the public and the press in the early 1970s.
www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/02/10/ziegler.obit.ap/index.html   (1217 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Nixon White House press secretary dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ron Ziegler, the pugnacious press secretary who famously called the Watergate break-in a "third-rate burglary" and was the voice of the Nixon administration during the biggest political scandal in American history, has died of a heart attack.
Ziegler spoke for the White House on such historic events as the opening of relations with China and the Vietnam War, but his name is most commonly associated with the Watergate scandal.
Ziegler was often combative with the media, and he routinely dismissed the reports of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein as they tied the scandal to top officials in the Nixon administration.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2003-02-10-ziegler-obit_x.htm   (1029 words)

  
 The face of Richard Nixon's cover-up - smh.com.au
Ron Ziegler, the former press secretary to President Richard Nixon who dismissed the Watergate break-in as "a third-rate burglary", has died of a heart attack at 63.
It was Ziegler who announced many of the foreign policy initiatives that brought Nixon praise, and who responded to questions on the opening of relations with China and efforts to deal with conflicts in the Middle East and in Vietnam.
Ziegler denied this (he always said that it was probably a composite of several sources).
www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/02/16/1045330466535.html   (994 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State/The West -- Ron Ziegler, former Nixon press secretary, dies in Coronado
Ziegler, a loyalist to the end, accompanied President Nixon on his flight into exile on Aug. 9, 1974, after resigning his office under the unbearable political weight of the Watergate disclosures.
Ziegler remained one of the few senior White House officials to escape criminal indictment from the unraveling of a conspiracy aimed at covering up the administration's role in the scandal.
Ziegler was known as a perfectionist who did not tolerate mistakes by others, was rough on his staff, and could be very vocal in raising his objections.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20030210-1956-cnsziegler-obit.html   (1100 words)

  
 Guardian | Ron Ziegler
Ziegler, by now one of Haldeman's senior associates at J Walter Thompson, became a major figure in the election team.
Ziegler had become active in the party while at university and, after graduation, was asked to serve as press officer to its California state committee.
Ziegler flatly denied it in private, and repeated his denial publicly when I asked again at a press conference.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4603801-103684,00.html   (876 words)

  
 Ron Ziegler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ronald Louis Ziegler (May 12, 1939 – February 10, 2003) was White House Press Secretary during United States President Richard Nixon's administration, from 1969–1974, and Assistant to the President in 1974.
He was the White House press secretary for the Nixon administration during the political scandal known as Watergate.
Ron Ziegler, former Nixon press secretary, dies in Coronado
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ron_Ziegler   (634 words)

  
 On the Media
Ron Ziegler died this week of a heart attack at his home outside San Diego at the age of 63.
Ziegler's appearances in the press room were marked by stonewalling, and what appeared to be stone cold lying.
Ron Ziegler served his president like a soldier, like a bodyguard, and he sacrificed his reputation like a bodyguard lays down his life.
www.onthemedia.org /transcripts/transcripts_021403_nixon.html   (350 words)

  
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Ron Ziegler was White House press secretary during most of Richard Nixon's presidency.
Ziegler eventually had to be replaced as his relationship with a Watergate-obsessed press corps eventually denigrated into daily shouting matches.
This may be the most enduring image of Ron Ziegler, shoved by an angry President Richard Nixon as Ziegler was ordered to keep reporters away at the height of the criminal conspiracy known as the Watergate scandal.
www.ratherbiased.com /content/ziegler_ron.htm   (810 words)

  
 Ron Ziegler - The Black Vault Encyclopedia Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ziegler was born to Jewish parents in Covington, Kentucky.
In 1972, he dismissed the first report of the break-in at the Watergate Hotel as the discussion of a "third rate burglary," but within two years Nixon had resigned under threat of impeachment, and most of his administration was under indictment and headed for prison.
Ater Nixon's resignation in 1974, Ziegler remained very close to him; he was on the airplane that Nixon took to San Clemente as Gerald Ford was sworn into office.
www.blackvault.com /wiki/index.php?title=Ron_Ziegler&redirect=no   (487 words)

  
 Ron Ziegler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ziegler became the youngest White House Press Secretary ever at the age of 29 in 1969.
Ziegler defended the President until the bitter end, urging Nixon not to resign, but rather fight impeachment in the Senate.
Despite Nixon's resignation in 1973, Ziegler remained very close to him and was even aboard the airplane that Nixon took to San Clemente as Gerald Ford was sworn into office.
ron-ziegler.iqnaut.net   (219 words)

  
 N.Ky.'s Ziegler remembered as a hard-charger
Ron Ziegler, youngest presidential press secretary in U.S. history, will be remembered nationwide for the hits he took for President Nixon.
Ziegler, the pugnacious press secretary who famously called the Watergate break-in a "third-rate burglary" and was the voice of the Nixon administration during the biggest political scandal in American history, died of a heart attack Monday at age 63.
Ziegler's wife, Nancy, is a native of Fort Wright and was a cheerleader at Dixie Heights when Ziegler played football.
enquirer.com /editions/2003/02/12/loc_kyziegler12.html   (716 words)

  
 Watergate.com's Nixon Era Times: The Official Publication of the Nixon Era Center at Mountain State University
Former Nixon White House press secretary, Ron Ziegler died at his Coronado, California home on Monday, February 10th from an apparent heart attack.
Ziegler, aged 63, was known for description of the Watergate break-in as a "third-rate burglary" and his reference to previous statements he made to the press as being "inoperative." He was one of the few top Nixon aides that escaped criminal indictment in relation to the Watergate scandal.
Ziegler is survived by his wife of 42 years, two daughters, his mother, a sister and three grandchildren.
www.watergate.com /stories/ziegler.asp   (153 words)

  
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Ron Ziegler, former President Nixon press secretary, is shown in this Nov. 14, 1968 file photo.
Ziegler, who famously called the Watergate break-in a "third-rate burglary," died Monday, Feb. 10, 2003, at his home in Coronado, a suburb of San Diego.
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Ron Ziegler, the pugnacious press secretary who famously called the Watergate break-in a "third-rate burglary" and was the voice of the Nixon administration during the biggest political scandal in American history, has died of a heart attack.
www.firstcoastnews.com /news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=493   (1074 words)

  
 CBSNews.com Who's Who Person
Ron Ziegler was the combative former press secretary to President Nixon who famously called the Watergate break-in a "third-rate burglary.
In a Nov. 12, 1973, news conference, it was Ziegler who announced that Nixon would give up unsubpoenaed White House recordings and portions of his diary.
Ziegler, who first worked with Nixon as a press aide on his unsuccessful campaign for California governor in 1962, stayed with the politician through fights with reporters - and even his boss.
www.cbsnews.com /elements/2003/07/24/in_depth_politics/whoswho564964_0_17_person.shtml   (510 words)

  
 ResellerRatings - Inoperative
Ron Ziegler, President Richard M. Nixon's press secretary, died of a heart attack on Monday in his home in Coronado, Calif., his wife, Nancy, told The Associated Press.
Ziegler in his list of four people who may have been Deep Throat, the secret source for Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the investigative reporters from the Washington Post during the Watergate years.
Ronald Lewis Ziegler was born May 12, 1939, in Covington, Ky., to Louis Daniel Ziegler, the production manager of Magnus Metal Company and Ruby Parsons Ziegler, a public health nurse.
www.resellerratings.com /forum/printthread.php?threadid=52312   (501 words)

  
 The Kentucky Post
Ron Ziegler and John Kappas, pals from Park Hills, took a lot of trips together when they were young, but Kappas said one jaunt was especially memorable.
Ziegler played basketball as a freshman and sophomore, played baseball as a senior and ran track all four years.
Ziegler, who had been a loyal defender of Nixon until the coverup became public, later said he had been unaware of the coverup.
www.kypost.com /2003/02/12/kzig021203.html   (709 words)

  
 Bryn Mawr College Rugby Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ron Ziegler will begin his first season as Bryn Mawr's head rugby coach this spring.
Ziegler received his BS in Athletic Administration from St. John's University, N.Y. During his time as an undergraduate, he participated in Division I club rugby and baseball and then went on to pursue a career in semi-professional baseball.
Ziegler began coaching in 1987 with the North Penn Rugby U-19 Boys team and since then has been continuously involved in coaching numerous teams including baseball, softball, basketball, football and rugby.
www.brynmawr.edu /athletics/intercollegiate/rugby/coach.htm   (149 words)

  
 Nixon press secretary Ron Ziegler dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ron Ziegler, the pugnacious press secretary who famously called the Watergate break-in a "third-rate burglary" and was the voice of the Nixon administration during the biggest political scandal in American history, has died of a heart attack.
In addition to his wife, Ziegler is survived by his mother, Ruby Ziegler of Cincinnati; and two daughters, Cindy Charas and Laurie Albright.
But to say that Ron Ziegler was "the voice of the Nixon administration during the biggest political scandal in American history" denies the fact that we've recently completed 8 years of constant scandal by the clintons, and if you added it up, it would amount to many times more than the evil perpetrated by Nixon.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/840664/posts   (1107 words)

  
 [Deathwatch] Ron Ziegler, former Nixon press secretary, 63
Nixon's press secretary Ziegler dies Monday, February 10, 2003 Posted: 10:56 PM EST (0356 GMT) http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/02/10/ziegler.obit.ap/index.html SAN DIEGO, California (AP) -- Ron Ziegler, the former press secretary to President Nixon who famously called the Watergate break-in a "third-rate burglary," died Monday of a heart attack, his wife said.
As spokesman for an administration that was falling apart under the weight of the scandal that drove Nixon from office, Ziegler was often unpopular with the public and the press in the early 1970s.
"He saw the shortcomings of the man as well as the strengths." Ronald Louis Ziegler was born May 12, 1939, in Covington, Kentucky, and, like several members of the Nixon administration, was educated at the University of Southern California, which later awarded him an honorary doctorate.
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 ZoomInfo Web Summary: Ron Ziegler
Ron Ziegler (Director) is a freelance director and theatre artist based in Des Moines, where he served on staff of The Playhouse as associate director and also was the first managing director for the Kate Goldman Children's Theatre.
Aberdeen native Ron Ziegler is the lone judge for Saturday's theater competition at the Capitol Theatre.
Ron Ziegler assumed the executive director position of the organization, and Sybil St. Claire is the new artistic director and professor of theater at UCF.
www.zoominfo.com /Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=3421776   (1080 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Americas | Watergate 'spin doctor' dies
Ron Ziegler, the press secretary for President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal, has died at the age of 63.
Ziegler, who became the youngest White House press spokesman after he joined Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign, died of a heart attack in California on Monday.
In a book published online in 2002 by former Nixon White House lawyer John Dean, Ziegler was mentioned as one of four people who could have been the "Deep Throat" source involved in revealing the Watergate scandal.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/2752761.stm   (442 words)

  
 Ron Ziegler dead at 63: Richard Nixon's Press Secretary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 10 — Ron Ziegler, the former press secretary to President Nixon who famously called the Watergate break-in a “third-rate burglary,” died Monday of a heart attack, his wife said.
Ziegler as "a treasured friend," adding, "His was the job of handling tough and sometimes unfair questions about the one White House episode he fortunately had no original knowledge of – Watergate."
Ziegler never wrote the book he always said he wanted to write, detailing the year he spent with Nixon in San Clemente, Calif., in the immediate aftermath of the resignation.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/840301/posts   (2749 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Obituaries - Ron Ziegler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
RON Ziegler was the combative former press secretary to President Richard Nixon who famously described the Watergate break-in on 17 June, 1972, as a "third-rate burglary".
As spokesman for an administration under fire, he was the president’s strident defender until the public release of the Watergate tapes made it clear that Nixon and his top aides had engaged in a vast cover-up.
Ziegler said he believed Deep Throat was a composite of several sources, but Woodward has denied this.
news.scotsman.com /obituaries.cfm?id=172312003   (614 words)

  
 Former NACDS President & CEO Ronald L. Ziegler Dies
Ziegler served as Press Secretary and later Assistant to the President for Richard Nixon.
He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Nancy Plessinger; his mother, Ruby Ziegler of Cincinnati; two daughters, Cindy Charas of New Canann, Conn., and Laurie Albright of Denver; his sister, Anita Macadam of Middletown, Ohio; and three grandchildren.
Ron Ziegler had much to do with building NACDS, and as much to do with building the visibility of the chain drug industry.
www.nacds.org /wmspage.cfm?parm1=3187   (400 words)

  
 About Ziegler Construction
About Us Ron Ziegler and his father, Norman Ziegler, began serving the construction needs of Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati in 1975, specializing in fire restoration and insurance claims work.
Ron, a general contractor, and his son Bryan Ziegler have continued the family tradition and expanded their remodeling and contracting business to include: Room additions and whole house remodeling, Kitchen and bath design and renovations, Basement remodeling (family rooms, theatre rooms, game rooms), Historic restoration, light commercial work, and insurance repair work.
The mission of Ziegler Construction is to provide home renovation, kitchen renovation, bathroom renovation, basement renovation, windows, siding, restoration work, and other construction projects for homes and businesses in Cincinnati, Ohio, Indiana, and Northern Kentucky.
www.kyhammer.com /aboutus.asp   (170 words)

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