Herbert G. Klein dies at 91; veteran journalist worked as Nixon press secretary

Herbert G. Klein, the veteran newspaperman who covered Richard M. Nixon's 1946 congressional campaign and then followed the California Republican through shattering electoral defeats to the White House to play his part in Cold War politics and the Watergate scandal, died Thursday after having a heart attack at his home in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla. He was 91.

By Carol J. Williams

July 3, 2009