Colin Powell, an accomplished and esteemed four-star general who became the first African-American secretary of State, died Monday as a result of complications from Covid-19 despite being fully vaccinated against the disease, according to his family. He was 84.
"We want to thank the medical staff at Walter Reed National Medical Center for their caring treatment," the Powell family said in a statement posted to Facebook. "We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American."
Powell was also the nation's first African-American national security adviser and the first African-American chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as the youngest person to serve in the latter post. Described frequently as the most popular American general since Dwight Eisenhower, Powell was often mentioned as a possible candidate for president, but he never elected to run.
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