Colin Powell, the first African-American US Secretary of State, dies of complications from COVID-19

Colin L. Powell, the first African-American to serve as US Secretary of State, has died at 84 years of age from complications related to with the coronavirus.

His family has confirmed the news through social networks with a message in which they have reported that had the complete vaccination schedule and they have appreciated the work of the doctors who have treated him.

“He was fully vaccinated. We want to thank the medical staff at the ‘Walter Reed National Medical Center’ for their careful treatment. We have lost a husband, father, grandfather and an extraordinary and loving great American“They have written on Facebook.

Powll became a general in the Army with the rank of Four Star General and was Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Army between 1989 and 1993, coinciding with the administrations of George HW Bush and Bill Clinton.

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