Colin Powell has died of COVID-19 complications, family says
Colin Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from COVID-19 complications, his family said Monday
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Your support makes all the difference.Colin Powell former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from COVID-19 complications, his family said Monday.
In an announcement on social media, the family said Powell had been fully vaccinated.
“We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father and grandfather and a great American ” the family said.
Powell was the first African American to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state.
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