Clinton sex scandal whistleblower Linda Tripp dies at age 70 - reports

Linda Tripp is accompanied by her son Ryan (L) and her daughter Allison as they arrive at U.S. District Court, June 30, 1998. REUTERS/Win McNamee

(Reuters) - Linda Tripp, the former U.S. civil servant whose secretly taped telephone conversations with a former White House intern documented the sex scandal that led to then-President Bill Clinton's 1998 impeachment, died on Wednesday at age 70.

Her death was confirmed to the Washington Post by her son, Ryan Tripp, and to the New York Post by her son-in-law, Thomas Foley, who said Tripp's unspecified illness was unrelated to the coronavirus.