Former US secretary of state Powell dies of COVID complications – FB post

FILE PHOTO: Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell. (Photo by Alex Edelman / AFP)

WASHINGTON

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General

Colin


Powell

, a former U.S. secretary of state and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, died of complications from the new coronavirus disease or COVID-19 on Monday, according to his Facebook page. He was 84.

“We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather, and a great American,” the family said in a statement posted on social media.

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