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Colin Powell Honored at Funeral Attended by Presidents Biden, Obama and Bush, First Ladies and His Family

  Gen.   Colin Powell   was honored Friday during a private funeral at the   Washington National Cathedral , where the family of the nation's first Black secretary of state was joined by military and political leaders, including President   Joe Biden   and First Lady   Jill Biden . Wifiblast Bar X7X I Best Wifi Range Extender Powell's wife of 58 years, Alma Powell, and children Linda Powell, Annemarie Powell Lyons and Michael Powell were also joined by former Presidents  Barack Obama  and  George W. Bush  and former First Ladies  Michelle Obama ,  Laura Bush  and Sec.  Hillary Clinton , who sat front row at the service to pay tribute to the general, who  died Oct. 18  from complications of COVID-19 at 84. Though Powell's family said at the time of his death that he was fully vaccinated against COVID-19, it's been widely reported that he had Parkinson's and had been  diagnosed with multiple myeloma , a form of blood cancer that suppresses the immune system. Colin Pow