Major players in the Watergate scandal, then and now:

• President Richard M. Nixon

Then: Elected in 1968 and 1972, the 37th president became the first to resign when he stepped down in 1974.

Now: Lived for another 20 years, writing numerous books about foreign affairs as well as his life and political career before dying in 1994 at age 81.

• Sen. Sam J. Ervin, Jr., D-N.C.

Then: Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, commonly known as the Watergate Committee.

Now: Retired to his hometown of Morganton, N.C., and wrote three books before dying in 1985 at age 88

• Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward

Then: Washington Post reporters who investigated the break-in and other Nixon administration activities.

Now: Bernstein is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair and the author of several books. Woodward is assistant managing editor for the Washington Post and the author of numerous books

• Charles Colson

Then: Special counsel to President Nixon; set up the "plumbers" unit to investigate leaks of information from the White House; spent seven months in prison.

Now: Founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries and author; named one of Time magazine's "25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America" in February 2005

• John Ehrlichman

Then: Nixon's domestic policy adviser; directed the "plumbers" unit; spent 18 months in prison.

Now: An author and business consultant before he died in Atlanta in 1999 at age 73

H.R. "Bob" Haldeman

Then: Nixon's chief of staff; spent 18 months in prison.

Now: Wrote a memoir and worked as a real estate developer in California before dying in 1993 at age 67

• E. Howard Hunt

Then: A member of the White House "plumbers"; organized the bugging of Democratic National Committee headquarters; served nearly three years in prison.

Now: Lives in Florida and writes spy novels

• G. Gordon Liddy

Then: Former FBI agent who helped plan the break-in at DNC offices; spent more than four years in prison.

Now: Actor, author and talk-show host.