Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell has died of Covid-19 complications at the age 84.

According to his family, the former top military officer died on Monday morning. He was fully vaccinated.

For the records, Powell became the first African-American Secretary of State in 2001 under Republican President George W Bush.

According to reports, Powell had previously been diagnosed with multiple myeloma (a type of blood cancer which may have made him more susceptible to Covid symptoms together with Parkinson disease).

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