Former Vice President Dick Cheney dead at 84

Dick Cheney dead at 84

Former Vice President Dick Cheney died at 84 surrounded by his family following complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. 

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who served under President George W. Bush during the 9/11 attacks and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has died at 84, his family announced Tuesday.

The former vice president died due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said.

"For decades, Dick Cheney served our nation, including as White House Chief of Staff, Wyoming’s Congressman, Secretary of Defense, and Vice President of the United States," a family statement reads.

Vice President Dick Cheney in his West Wing office at the White House, Jan. 25, 2007, in Washington, D.C. (Charles Ommanney/Getty Images)

"Dick Cheney was a great and good man who taught his children and grandchildren to love our country, and to live lives of courage, honor, love, kindness, and fly fishing. We are grateful beyond measure for all Dick Cheney did for our country. And we are blessed beyond measure to have loved and been loved by this noble giant of a man."

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