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Photos Of Colin Powell And Wife Alma From Their Nearly 60 Years Of Marriage

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Colin Powell’s death on Monday (October 18) is devastating for all those who admired him and knew of the history he made, whether as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or being the first Black secretary of state.

But the loss is felt most by those who knew him best — his family and wife of nearly 60 years, Alma Powell (née Johnson). In a great interview from 2006 about her time as a military wife, she said that being married to Powell and raising up their family during his time in the military was “the defining experience of my life.” Notably, she had their first child while he was in Vietnam, a war he was sent to four months into their marriage. “You are right there as the support for your military spouse.

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