Colin Powell, the former secretary of state, dies at 84

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Former Secretary of State and Bloom Energy Board member Colin Powell speaks during a Bloom Energy product launch on February 24, 2010 at the eBay headquarters in San Jose, California.





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Former Secretary of State and Bloom Energy Board member Colin Powell speaks during a Bloom Energy product launch on February 24, 2010 at the eBay headquarters in San Jose, California.


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Colin Powell, who served as secretary of state during the presidency of George W. Bush and led the first Gulf War as chairman of the joint chiefs, has died at age 84 of complications from COVID-19, his family confirmed.

Powell, the first African American to serve in both of those senior posts, died Monday morning, they said, adding that «he was fully vaccinated.»

«We want to thank the medical staff at Walter Reed National Medical Center for their caring treatment,» the family said in a Facebook post. «We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American.»

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