Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell dies of Covid

18 Oct, 2021

Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who had visited Sri Lanka in 2005, has died aged 84 of Covid-19 complications.

He was a former top military officer who rose to become the first African-American secretary of state in 2001 under Republican George W Bush.

“We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,” a statement said.

“We want to thank the medical staff… for their caring treatment,” it added.

The statement said that he had been fully vaccinated against Covid.

Mr Powell became a trusted military adviser to a number of leading US politicians.

In 2005 he visited Sri Lanka as outgoing US Secretary of State to offer US assistance following the devastating tsunami. (Colombo Gazette/BBC)

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