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Colin Powell, First Black U.S. Secretary of State, Dies From COVID While Battling Cancer

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Powell’s family announced the news via a statement on Facebook, saying that he passed away from COVID complications on Monday morning.

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Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state, has died of complications from COVID-19 while quietly battling blood cancer. He was 84.

In a statement on

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