Colin Powell, retired general and first black US secretary of state, is dead.
The deceased family confirmed his death via a Facebook post.
According to the family, the late Powell was fully vaccinated and was treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
“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 deceased served as national security advisor to former President Ronald Reagan from 1987 to 1989 and was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under ex-President George HW Bush in 1989.
He was appointed as secretary of state in 2001 Under the Bush administration, and he became the first black person in US history to be so appointed.
