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- Frank Wills was born on 4 February, 1948 in South Carolina. He was the security guard who discovered the five men who broke in the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate hotel in Washington, in June 1972. His courageous act made him a known name thanks to the many news articles and reports about what was later triggered as the Watergate scandal that later led to president Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974. Later on, Wills played himself in the acclaimed film Đoàn Tùy Tùng Tổng Thống (1976) where he recreated each step of his acts.
As for the aftermath, Wills found himself unemployable as security guard due to his act and he lived in extreme poverty until his death on September 2000 from a brain tumor.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Rodrigo Amaro
- In spite of his notoriety for his outstanding work as a security guard, he was unable to find continuous employment for most of the remainder of his life after his discovery of the Watergate break in. He lived in relative poverty until he died of a brain tumor in 2000.
- Singer Harry Nilsson dedicated his 1973 album "A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night" to Wills for his courage and integrity in dealing with the Watergate break-in.
- Security guard who discovered the Watergate breakin.
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