Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell dies of Covid complications

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Washington - He was chairman of the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush.

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Published: Mon 18 Oct 2021, 4:19 PM

Last updated: Mon 18 Oct 2021, 4:25 PM

Colin Powell, the first black U.S. secretary of state and top military officer, died on Monday at the age of 84 from Covid-19 complications, his family said in a statement.

“He was fully vaccinated. We want to thank the medical staff at Walter Reed National Medical Center for their caring treatment. We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,” Powell’s family said in a post on his Facebook page.


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As a four-star Army general, he was chairman of the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush during the 1991 Gulf War in which U.S.-led forces expelled Iraqi troops from neighbouring Kuwait.

Powell, a moderate Republican and a pragmatist, later served as secretary of state under President George W. Bush.


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