Rip Colin Powell

[Bobbisox1]

I always thought he was clear and concise when facing the worlds media over the invasion of Iraq ,but Covid got him in the end , one of life’s gentleman

Colin Powell: Former US Secretary of State dies following COVID complications, says family

[davebro]

//As quoted by John Donne "any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind."//

Poets say all kinds of rubbish! If he was writing now he would have to say "person's" & "humankind".

Dunno about Powell - wasn't he a bit of a Bible thumper?

[Mamyalynne]

At 84 any illness can cause complications and Covid is no exception, especially when you have underlying disease.

// It was reported after his death that Powell had been previously diagnosed with multiple myeloma.//

[Peter Pedant]

difficult to survive more than 36 m without a transplant ( multiple myeloma )

RIP

[Gromit]

// You just seem to enjoy these deaths gromit. //

A spectacularly stupid comment.
A friend of mine died of covid a fortnight ago, and someone else I know is very very ill in hospital, it could go either way.

I won’t bother to trot out the stats again, but the covid picture isn’t rosey.

[ToraToraTora]

then what is the purpose of your "He was double vaccinated" na na nana na comment? Most deaths are now double vaccinated.

[Bobbisox1]

His first name was always pronounced Col-on

[anneasquith]

15.06. Very relevant re his death .

[Gromit]

Your condition is getting worse.
First you see anti Britishness in everyone who disagrees with you.
Now you are seeing nastiness where it doesn’t exist.

[Bobbisox1]

Another thread looking like an argument

[Gromit]

// His first name was always pronounced Col-on //

Nope
Co-Lin not Col-in.

[ToraToraTora]

then why did you mention he'd been double vaccinated gromit? totally irrelevant.

[Peter Pedant]

didnt someone reprove me for un-Christianity for noting events other than his death?

yet no one has consigned TTT to hell for talking off the point. St Peter can you hear me?

It was Coe-lin - - coe as in seb coe

[Mamyalynne]

Dreadful unseemly behavior on an obituary thread.

[Peter Pedant]

2 January and 2 July 2021, there were 51,281 deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19); 640 occurred in people who were fully vaccinated, - - in the UK
so clear no to that one. - 1.1% - but hey this is AB.

Powell refused to run for president - altho may well have won