Peter Rodino, Congressman who led Nixon impeachment hearing, dead at 96 The Associated Press WEST ORANGE, N.J. - Former Rep. Peter W. Rodino Jr., a little-noticed Democratic congressman until he led the House impeachment investigation of President Richard M. Nixon, has died. He was 96. The raspy-voiced son of an Italian immigrant, Rodino died Saturday of congestive heart failure at his West Orange home, said Christine Bland, a spokeswoman for Seton Hall University Law School, where Rodino was a professor. Rodino spent 10 years working his way through law school at night and after one unsuccessful try, won election to...