Colin Powell, Former U.S. Secretary of State
Colin Powell, Former U.S. Secretary of State
Colin Powell, the first black United States’ Secretary of State and top military officer, passed away on Monday at the age of 84 from COVID-19 complications, his family mentioned 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," Mr. Powell's family wrote in a post on his Facebook page.
A four-star Army general, he was also the 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 neighboring Kuwait.
Mr. Powell, a moderate Republican and a pragmatist,...