Colin Powell, a retired general and first black US secretary of state is dead.
Powell, who was also a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was said to have died of COVID complications on Monday.
“We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,” a statement said.
“We want to thank the medical staff… for their caring treatment,” it added.
The statement said that he had been fully vaccinated against Covid.
Mr Powell, a moderate Republican who broke with his party to endorse Barack Obama in 2008, became a trusted military adviser to a number of leading US politicians.
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Temitope Onigbinde
October 19, 2021 at 10:40 am
Sad one