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MIAMI A former Washington Post researcher who worked on the Watergate scandal has died.

Elisabeth Lacey "Liz" Donovan died of lung cancer Tuesday at a Gainesville, Ga., hospital, The Miami Herald reported Thursday. She was 63.

Donovan lead the transition to computer-based research at the Herald, where she helped writers produce work that won Pulitzer Prizes.

She grew up in Ontario, N.Y., and earned a political science degree from Marymount College in Tarrytown, N.Y. She became Woodward and Bernstein's lead Watergate researcher and is acknowledged in their book, "All the President's Men".

It was her job, she had said, to track Nixon's schedule and compile numbers of White House and campaign advisors and others being prosecuted for the coverup and campaign-finance violations.

Donovan later moved to Miami where she met her husband, Joe Masellis, in 1980.

She retired from the Herald in 2004 as director of newsroom research, and moved to North Carolina.

She didn't want a memorial service, Masellis said. He planned to scatter her ashes in the places she loved.

Donovan is also survived by her mother, brothers and stepsons.

Information from: The Miami Herald, http://www.herald.com