Former US secretary died of Covid-19 complications

Tributes are being paid to former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who has died of Covid-19 complications aged 84.

His family said the former top military officer died on Monday. He was fully vaccinated.

Powell became the first African-American secretary of state in 2001 under Republican President George W Bush.

Picture: US Secretary of State Colin Powel : Wikimedia Commons

He also sparked controversy for helping garner support for the Iraq War.

Powell had previously been diagnosed with a type of blood cancer, which may have made him more susceptible to Covid symptoms, as well as Parkinson's disease.

Source: NBC News- BBC 

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