Colin Powell has died of COVID-19 complications, family says

WASHIINGTON (AP) — Colin Powell, erstwhile Joint Chiefs president and caput of state, has died from COVID-19 complications, his household said Monday. He was 84.

In an announcement connected societal media, the household said Powell had been afloat vaccinated.

“We person mislaid a singular and loving husband, begetter and gramps and a large American,” the household said.

Powell was the archetypal African American to service arsenic president of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and caput of state.

Powell near down an indelible estimation arsenic a straight-shooter who considered — past rejected — a tally for the presidency.