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W. Marvin Watson in his office at the White House in August 1967. A fellow Texan, he called himself a proud “Johnson man” of longstanding.
George Tames/The New York Times; thumbnail, United Press International, 1964
W. Marvin Watson
Died on November 26, 2017 at age 93
A World War II combat veteran, Mr. Watson ran Lyndon B. Johnson’s White House with the protective instincts of a loyalist, the privileged power of a confidant and the efficiency of a drill sergeant.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.