Coronavirus: Colin Powell Dies From COVID-19
Complications
WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has died from coronavirus complications, his family announced Monday morning. He was 84.
“General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from COVID-19,” read a statement posted to his official Facebook page. “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, a retired four-star general, made history in 1987 when he became the first Black man to serve as national security adviser under then-President Ronald Reagan, according to CNN. He also served as the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993 and the first Black secretary of state from 2001 to 2005.