Colin Powell

Colin Powell, the former United States secretary of state and the first Black person in the country’s history to fill the position, has died due to complications from COVID-19, his family has said.

Powell, a four-star general who last held public office in 2005, died on Monday, the family said in a statement on Facebook. He was 84.

‘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,’ the Powell family said.

Colin Powell, who …