Former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan Dies At 100

Alan Greenspan, the world-renowned economist who led the U.S. Federal Reserve's Board of Governors for 19 years under four different presidents, died Monday at the age of 100.

His wife, NBC journalist Andrea Mitchell, announced his death via a statement to NBC News.

"Alan passed away at our home this morning at the age of 100 from complications of Parkinson's disease," said Mitchell, whom he married in 1997 in a ceremony officiated by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. "He was a giant of a man who helped shape the U.S. economy for decades under presidents of both parties, but was always honest in acknowledging his mistakes."...