{"id":893723,"date":"2021-10-18T11:44:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T15:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=893723"},"modified":"2021-10-18T11:44:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T15:44:46","slug":"developing-gen-colin-powell-dies-at-84-of-covid-19-complications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/developing-gen-colin-powell-dies-at-84-of-covid-19-complications\/","title":{"rendered":"DEVELOPING: Gen. Colin Powell dies at 84 of COVID-19 complications"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdeveloping-gen-colin-powell-dies-at-84-of-covid-19-complications%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=893723&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2552607\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2552607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this Nov. 30, 2006 file photo, former Secretary of State Colin Powell looks on during a ceremony for the Alexis de Tocqueville prize, a French literary award, in Tocqueville, east of Cherbourg, western France. Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from COVID-19 complications. In an announcement on social media Monday, the family said Powell had been fully vaccinated. He was 84. (AP Photo\/Vincent Michel)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:07 AM PT \u2013 Monday, October 18, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>There is developing news out of the Walter Reed National Medical Center, where General Colin Powell has reportedly died of complications from COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>His family posted on Facebook Monday morning, breaking the news that the country\u2019s first black Secretary of State and former Joint Chiefs of Staff has died. The family said he passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated. He was 84-years old.<\/p>\n<p>Powell served under several Republican administrations and is often credited with shaping American foreign policy. Officials and leaders are reacting to his passing. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke on the former Secretary of State\u2019s death during his visit in Georgia Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe world lost one of the greatest leaders that we have ever witnessed, \u201d Austin stated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The defense secretary expressed his condolences to Powell\u2019s wife Alma, his son Michael and the entire Powell family. Austin talked about the loss of his personal friend and mentor, saying Powell always made time for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will certainly miss him, I feel as if I have a hole in my heart just learning of this just recently,\u201d Austin continued. \u201cFirst African-American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. First African-American Secretary of State. A man who was respected around the globe and it will be, quite frankly, it is not possible to replace a Colin Powell. \u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It will be impossible to replace Gen. Colin Powell. He was a tremendous personal friend and mentor to me, and there\u2019s a hole in my heart right now as I think about his loss. My thoughts and prayers today are with his family, and I want them to know I will miss him dearly. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pX24KQMMBc\">pic.twitter.com\/pX24KQMMBc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III (@SecDef) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDef\/status\/1450096083053555717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former President George W. Bush also hailed Powell following confirmation of his death. In a statement Monday, Bush praised Powell as a great public servant starting with his time as a soldier during Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>The 43rd president said he, along the former first lady, are deeply saddened and send their condolences to Powell\u2019s family. He said many presidents relied on the general\u2019s counsel and experience, adding that he was \u201csuch a favorite of presidents that he earned the presidential medal of freedom twice.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">STATEMENT BY<br \/>PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH<br \/>ON COLIN POWELL <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VbCISAEIsx\">pic.twitter.com\/VbCISAEIsx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1450078362827989000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bush said the general was highly respected at home and abroad, but most importantly a family man and friend.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/dr-fauci-jj-should-have-been-a-2-dose-vaccine-to-begin-with\/\">Dr. Fauci: J&amp;J Should Have Been A 2-Dose Vaccine To Begin With<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Nov. 30, 2006 file photo, former Secretary of State Colin Powell looks on during a ceremony for the Alexis de Tocqueville prize, a French literary award, in Tocqueville, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-893723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}