RIP General Colin Powell

[Gomez Adams]

First black Secretary of State has died of complications from Covid-19. He was 84.

Colin Powell, military leader and first Black US secretary of state, dies

Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has died from complications from Covid-19, his family said on Facebook. He was 84.

www.cnn.com

 

[Hugo Stiglitz]

He had blood cancer didn't he? I think I remember reading that somewhere.

 

[Gomez Adams]

Yes. Meyaloma. Makes it nearly impossible to fight infection.

 

[Zeedox]

Not just that, it likes to spread if it's not kept in check. My father-in-law passed from it.

 

[Gomez Adams]

I read that he had been fighting it for a few years.

Still, 84 is a good, long life. I hope I make it to 70.