Colin Powell opened up to journalist Bob Woodward about his health struggles in what may have been his last interview before his death.
"Don't say no and don't feel sorry for me, for god's sakes. I'm 85 years old," Powell said after telling Woodward about battling multiple myeloma for nearly two years."I haven't lost a day of life fighting these two diseases. I'm in good shape."Powell, the first Black US secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, died Monday from complications from Covid-19 at the age of 84.
Listen to a conversation with former Secretary of State Colin Powell and journalist Bob Woodward about his battle with both Parkinson's disease and multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer that suppresses the body's immune response. Powell's trailblazing career spanned numerous presidential administrations. He was chairman of the Joint Chiefs during the George H.W. Bush administration and the US-led victory in the first Gulf War. But as secretary of state in the George W. Bush administration, he played a key role pushing faulty intelligence before the United Nations to advocate for the 2003 Iraq War, something he'd later call a"blot" on his record.
When Bob Woodward asks former Secretary of State Colin Powell whom he considers the greatest person he has ever known, Powell answers without hesitation."It's Alma Powell" — his wife of nearly 60 years.
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