Colin Powell: 1937 – 2021 The distinguished four-star general and first Black U.S. secretary of state was remembered at a service on November 5, 2021 at the Washington National Cathedral, following his death on October 18 at age 84 from complications with COVID-19. 📸: Chip Somodevilla / somophoto Anna Moneymaker / anna.money Wally McNamee / Corbis Historical Bob Pearson / AFP Smith Collection / Gado Bachrach Brooks Kraft / Corbis News Yuri Gripas / AFP NBC News Archives Feature Story News – Footage Howard L Sachs / CNP Howard Sachs / Hulton Archive Rick Maiman / Sygma Bettmann 🎵: Perplex Dilemmas – Miles Avida / epidemicsound 💻: Katharine Lotze / katharinelotze #ColinPowell #WashingtonNationalCathedral #fourstargeneral #generalpowell #covid19 #obituary