Spiro T. Agnew served as the 39th vice president of the United States from Jan. 20, 1969 to Oct. 10, 1973, when he was forced to resign after pleading no contest to a felony charge of tax evasion.

They ranged from the line about Mickey Mouse wearing a Spiro Agnew watch to the unkindest cut of all — that he was the only Greek since Achilles to make a heel a campaign issue. Of late ...