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(1937-2021) Military leader, memorist. Colin Powell was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, and died in Bethesda, Maryland.

Full Name

Colin Powell

Locations

Bronx

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

As a child, Mr. Powell lived in Hunts Point section of South Bronx, New York.

Unknown

OTHER

Mr. Powell graduated from Morris High School in the Bronx, New York.

1937

BIRTH

Colin Luther Powell was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, on April 5, 1937.

1958

OTHER

Mr. Powell graduated from City College of New York in 1958.

1995

LITWORK

My American Journey: An Autobiography
Random House
9780679432968 / 978-0679432968
Autobiography written with Joseph E. Persico.

2012

LITWORK

It Worked for Me, Lessons in Life and Leadership
Harper
0062135120 / 978-0062135124
Memoir.

2021

DEATH

Colin Powell died at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on October 18, 2021.

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