On June 17, 1972, security guard Frank Wills exposed the Watergate break-in. Although President Richard M. Nixon and Washington Post star reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein are most closely associated with the infamous Watergate scandal that led to Nixon's resignation, Frank Wills, a security guard at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, is often overlooked.

During his routine patrol, Wills noticed that the basement door had been taped open. He promptly alerted his supervisor and the police, leading to the discovery of five intruders.

While Woodward and Bernstein gained great fame, Willis sadly died in poverty in 2000 at the age of 54.

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