WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Former Ambassador Vernon Walters, a retired general who served seven presidents, has died at Good Samaritan Medical Center near his West Palm Beach home. He was 85
Walters died Sunday, hospital officials said.
Walters had retired after 35 years in the military and a second career in government during which he served as ambassador to the United Nations and Germany.
He was also ambassador at large under President Ronald Reagan, Deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency under President Richard Nixon, and interpreter for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Nixon.
He also served under former Presidents John F. Kennedy and George Bush.
Following his retirement he wrote books and gave lectures.
He died of undisclosed natural causes.
Walters never married. He will be buried with full military honors early next month at Arlington National Cemetery.
