Former Secretary of State under George W. Bush Colin Powell died of COVID-19

He had been the first African-American to hold the position of Chief of the Army Staff, before becoming a leader of American diplomacy under the Republican presidency of George W. Bush.

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He was the first African-American to hold the position of Chief of the Armies, before becoming a leader of American diplomacy under the Republican presidency of George W. Bush. The former Secretary of State under George W. Bush, Colin Powell, died at the age of 84 years of “complications related to Covid-19”, announced his family Monday, October 18th. “We lost a husband, a father, and a remarkable and loving grandfather, and a great American,” they declared in a statement.

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