I think Powell could have been the first African-American President - but his wife did not want him to run. At the time of his death he also suffered from multiple myeloma.
Colin Powell Dead at 84 from COVID-19 Complications
Colin Powell, the first black U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, died Monday at the age of 84 from complications of COVID-19, according to a post from his official Facebook page.
Powell was fully vaccinated, his family said. However, Powell had previously been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that weakens the body’s ability to fight infections, CNBC reported.
“We want to thank the medical staff at Walter Reed National Medical Center for their caring treatment,” Powell’s family wrote in a statement on Facebook. “We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American.”
Powell, who was the son of Jamaican immigrants, served as secretary of state under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. He was influential in helping the administration with many policy decisions during his tenure, including during the years following the September 11 terrorist attacks. The State Department said Powell was “one of the foremost supporters” of taking “swift military action” against al-Qaeda, Fox News reported.
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