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1916 – 2009Robert McNamara (1916-2009)Died 6 July 2009, aged 93McNamara served as US Secretary of Defense under presidents Kennedy and Johnson, overseeing the escalation of the Vietnam War before later becoming president of the World Bank. He later expressed regret over his role in the war in memoirs and the documentary The Fog of War. He remains one of the most consequential and controversial American officials of the Cold War era.