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John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the final Director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Oct 21, 2021 · Bloomberg/Getty Images. J. Edgar Hoover died on May 2, 1972, in Washington, D.C. His housekeeper arrived at his home to find the legendary lawman's lifeless body by his bed, according to The New York Times. His cause of death was later revealed to be "hypertensive cardiovascular disease."
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Apr 3, 2014 · Despite receiving harsh criticism from the public, Hoover remained director of the FBI until his death on May 2, 1972. Early Life. John Edgar Hoover was born January 1, 1895, to Dickerson...
Aug 21, 2023 · How J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI's first and longest director of the FBI, used controversial methods to turn the agency into one of the most efficient investigative forces in the world
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May 2, 2015 · J. Edgar Hoover died 27 years and two days after Adolf Hitler’s death by suicide in Berlin, a coincidence about which it would be the absolute height of irresponsibillity to speculate.
When J. Edgar Hoover died in his sleep on 2 May 1972 aged 77, he had led the FBI for 48 years. Rumours existed both during his lifetime and after his death that Hoover was a homosexual as he never married.
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Feb 9, 2010 · On May 2, 1972, with the Watergate affair about to explode onto the national stage, J. Edgar Hoover died of heart disease at the age of 77.
