Legends Remembered: Mueller, Butterfield, Colvin

0:00On April 6th, Robert Mueller, the former FBI director, passed away in March at age 81. He took over the bureau just a week before the September 11th attacks in 2001 and reshaped it into a powerhouse against terrorism, serving 12 years under presidents from both parties. Later, Mueller led the special council probe into possible links between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign. He stayed quiet through two years of intense scrutiny, even as Trump called it a witch hunt. In March, we also lost Alexander Butterfield, the White House aide, who revealed Nixon's secret oval office tapes, speeding up the Watergate downfall. Country Joe McDonald, the 60s protest rocker behind that iconic Vietnam war anthem at Woodstock, died at 84. Seals and Crofts singer Daryl Das Crofts in Italian politician Umberto Basi also passed. Earlier this year, January took civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin at 86, the teen who refused

1:00the bus seat in Montgomery nine months before. Rosa Parks, February claimed comic genius Scott Adams of Dilbert fame, actor Robert DuVal and hitmaker Neil Sedacca. These legends shaped music, politics, sports, and culture reminders of lives that echoed far beyond their time. That wraps global news today. Brought to you with AI.