The lawyer served as special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who later served as special counsel overseeing the 2016 investigation into Russian election interference, has died at the age of 81. “With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away” on Friday night, his family said Saturday in a statement to the Associated Press . “His family asks that their privacy be respected.” His cause of