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Colin Powell: Former US secretary of state dies of Covid complications

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enslaved1:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58957273


--- Quote ---Tributes are being paid to former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who has died of Covid-19 complications aged 84.

The former top military officer died on Monday morning, his family said. He was fully vaccinated.

Powell became the first African-American secretary of state in 2001 under Republican President George W Bush.

He also sparked controversy for helping garner support for the Iraq War.

"We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American," the family said in a statement, thanking the staff at the Walter Reid Medical Center "for their caring treatment".
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Eupher:
Condolences to his family. That's the BEST I can say.

ironhorsedriver:
RIP.

Drafe Hoblin:
I thank him immensely for his Service.

Too bad it got all squishy toward the end.  -Like 'wtf' swamp-squishy.

Last I seen him on video, he was MC-ing some weird Philippine-immigrant karaoke event in Australia last year.  Utterly cringeworthy.   

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