Linda Tripp dead at 70 – Clinton impeachment whistleblower who convinced Monica Lewinsky to save blue dress passes away
CLINTON sex scandal whistleblower Linda Tripp has died at the age of 70, reports claim.
Tripp had been gravely ill and on her deathbed Tuesday night, according to a Facebook post from her daughter, which was later made private.
reported Wednesday she had passed away with her husband Dieter Rausch and their daughter Allison Foley at her bedside.
"My mommy is leaving this earth. I don't know myself if I can survive this heartache," Foley wrote Tuesday night.
"Please pray for a painless process for the strongest woman I will ever know in my entire lifetime."
There was no immediate information on what caused Tripp's illness, including whether or not the played a role.
Diane Spreadbury, a close friend of Tripp for more than two decades, told the outlet she received word her pal "died with a smile on her face."
"We had discussed death many times and spoke of it together when she faced breast cancer 18 years ago," said Spreadbury.
"It wasn't something that she was afraid of."
The former White House and Pentagon aide secretly taped the private phone calls of Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton that would eventually lead to the president's impeachment in 1998.
Clinton, however, was not convicted in a subsequent Senate trial.
Lewinsky, a former White House intern who worked at the Pentagon with Tripp, extended well wishes to her former colleague and her family on Wednesday after learning she was gravely ill.
"No matter the past, upon hearing that linda tripp is very seriously ill, I hope for her recovery," she tweeted.
"I can't imagine how difficult this is for her and her family."
Tripp, who has been called a "whistleblower" for exposing the relationship between Clinton and Lewinsky, pushed back against the allegations in 2018.
She told the in an interview she regretted "not having the guts to do it sooner."
"It was always about right and wrong, never left and right," she said.
"It was about exposing perjury and the obstruction of justice. It was never about politics."
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There won't be a funeral for Tripp due to the coronavirus pandemic - she'll be privately interred, and a memorial service will be held at a later date, a close friend told the Mail.
Tripp is survived by her husband and daughter, as well as a son named Ryan.
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