BREAKING: General Colin Powell dies at age 84

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Breaking news this morning, General Colin Powell has died at the age of 84 dur to complications of Covid. His family shared the sad news this morning on Facebook, saying he was fully vaccinated.

In a quote from NBC News, the family said, “General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from Covid 19. He was fully vaccinated,” the family said in the statement. “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.”

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