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In this April 13, 2009, photo, William Ruckelshaus, the first administrator of the EPA, poses for photos at his office in Seattle. Ruckelshaus, who famously quit his job in the Justice Department rather than carry out President Richard Nixon's order to fire the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate scandal, has died. He was 87. The EPA confirmed his death in a statement Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Ruckelshaus, who defied Nixon in Watergate firing, dies

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

In this May 15, 1973, file photo, then-acting FBI director William Doyle Ruckelshaus pauses during a news conference in Washington. Ruckelshaus, who famously quit his job in the Justice Department rather than carry out President Richard Nixon's order to fire the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate scandal, has died. He was 87. The EPA confirmed his death in a statement Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Charles Gorry)

William Doyle Ruckelshaus, who defied Richard Nixon in Watergate firing, dies

By Gene Johnson - Associated Press