Linda Tripp, 'whistleblower' in Clinton-Lewinsky scandal dies at 70

Linda Tripp, whose secretly recorded conversations with Monica Lewinsky led to then-President Bill Clinton's impeachment, died Wednesday, according the her family. Trip was 70.

Tripp died after suffering from pancreatic cancer.

Lewinsky tweeted best wishes for Tripp earlier in the day, writing, "no matter the past, upon hearing that linda tripp is very seriously ill, i hope for her recovery. i can’t imagine how difficult this is for her family."

Tripp met Lewinsky at the Pentagon where they both worked after Lewinsky, then 22 years old, left her internship at the White House. 

The secretly recorded tapes were given to then-Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and contributed to Clinton's impeachment on perjury charge, in connection with not acknowledging the extra-marital affair with Lewinsky.

Tripp's daughter Allison Tripp Foley posted on social media Tuesday that her mother was dying.

“My mommy is leaving this earth," Foley said in a Facebook post since made private. "I don’t know myself if I can survive this heartache. Please pray for a painless process for the strongest woman I will ever know in my entire lifetime."