Alma Powell, Civic Leader And Widow Of Colin Powell, Dead At 86

Alma Powell, civic leader and widow to the late Colin Powell, has died at the age of 86.

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According to CNN, her death was confirmed by family spokesperson Peggy Cifrino. The couple’s children also provided a joint statement to the outlet regarding the tragic news.

“(Powell) was the grounding force of our family,” the memo explained.

“During childhoods marked by constant moving to new homes, we always felt secure, because home was wherever she stood. She was an exemplary role model for us and for the world. She served our country, alongside our father, with intelligence and grace. We will miss her terribly but take comfort in the fact that she had a life so well-lived and is reunited with our father.”

Alma Powell was born in Birmingham, Ala., and attended Parker High School before attending Fisk University in Nashville, per AL.com . After graduating from the private Historically Black institution , she returned to her hometown, where she hosted an afternoon radio show, Luncheon with Alma before heading to Emerson College in Boston to study speech pathology and audiology.

Alma and Colin Powell met on a blind date in 1961. Eight months later, they were married and honeymooning at the historic A.G. Gaston Motel. She served as an advisor to her husband during his tenures as National Security Advisor, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Secretary of State. The couple founded America’s Promise Alliance in 1997, where she is listed as Chair Emeritus.

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Per the APA website, Alma Powell also served on the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, was on President Barack Obama’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities from 2010 to 2012, served as the Army liaison to the National Red Cross as part of a team of volunteer consultants from military services, chaired the advisory board for Civic Change, Inc. and more.

In what is believed to be his final recorded interview before passing due to complications from COVID-19 in 2021, Colin Powell named his wife the greatest person he has ever known.

“She was with me the whole time. We’ve been married 58 years. And she put up with a lot. She took care of the kids when I was, you know, running around. And she was always there for me and she’d tell me, ‘That’s not a good idea.’ She was usually right,” he elaborated, per The Washington Post .

Alma Powell is survived by three children, Michael, Linda, and Annemarie; four grandchildren; and a great-grandson. VIBE sends our condolences to the family, friends, and all impacted by the loss of Alma Powell.

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