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Colin Powell
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Former-US Secretary of State Powell dies of Covid-19 complications: Family

| @indiablooms | Oct 19, 2021, at 12:28 am

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell died on Monday from coronavirus-related complications, his family said in a statement.

He was the first black US Secretary of State.

He was 84.

"General Colin L/ Powell, former US Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff passed away this morning due to complications from Covid-19. He was fully vaccinated," the statement read. "We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American."

The family thanked the medical staff at Walter Reed National Medical Center in Washington, DC neighborhood for their caring treatment.

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