<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Courtesy of <i>The Hill </i>at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://thehill.com/policy/defense/577152-colin-powell-dies-at-age-of-84">https://thehill.com/policy/defense/577152-colin-powell-dies-at-age-of-84</a></div><div><br></div><div>—————————————————</div><div><br></div><div><h1 class="title" id="page-title" style="font-size: 54px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: normal; font-family: "Graphik Web", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Colin Powell dead at 84 from COVID-19 complications</h1></div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);">Former Secretary of State<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="rollover-people"><a href="https://thehill.com/people/colin-powell" data-nid="440968" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; display: inline-block;"><span data-behavior="rolloverpeople" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48); text-decoration: none;">Colin Powell</span></span></a>, the first Black American to serve in the post, died on Monday at the age of 84 due to complications from COVID-19, his family announced</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="rollover-people"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/GenPowell/posts/10159730388391719" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48); text-decoration: none;">in a statement</span></a>.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(43, 44, 48); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);">The family said the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had been fully vaccinated and was receiving treatment at Walter Reed National Medical Center.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);">“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. We want to thank the medical staff at Walter Reed National Medical Center for their caring treatment,” the Powell family said in a statement posted to Facebook.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(43, 44, 48); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);">“We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,” the family added.</span></span></p></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></body></html>