Colin Powell's love story started with an accidental date -- and lasted six decades
CNN
From the streets of New York to the Vietnam battlefields and the power corridors of Washington, Colin Powell broke racial barriers to become one of the nation's top diplomats. Beside him all along was one quiet force: Alma Johnson Powell.
Beside him all along was one quiet force: Alma Johnson Powell.
Colin Powell died at 84 this week of coronavirus complications after fighting cancer. As a US Army general and statesman, he met some of the world's most influential leaders. But when journalist Bob Woodward asked him the greatest person he's ever known, his answer, without hesitation, was his wife of over half a century.
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