Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a central determine in post-9/11 American overseas and home coverage, died on Monday on the age of 84. According to a press release launched by his household, Cheney died from “complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.”

His household confirmed that “His beloved wife of 61 years, Lynne, his daughters, Liz and Mary, and other family members were with him as he passed.”

A Nation’s Service

Cheney’s profession in public service spanned many years and took him via a number of presidencies. He was born Jan. 30, 1941, in Lincoln, Nebraska, and raised in Wyoming. After incomes his levels on the University of Wyoming, he entered federal service and held a number of posts, together with as White House chief-of-staff to President Gerald R. Ford (1975-77) and as a U.S. Congressman from Wyoming.

He was appointed Secretary of Defense beneath President George H. W. Bush in 1989 and oversaw U.S. navy operations in the course of the Persian Gulf War. In 2001 he turned the forty sixth Vice President of the United States, serving via two phrases with President George W. Bush.

During his vice presidency, Cheney’s function was described as unusually expansive. The Washington Post famous that he “acquired a portfolio so broad that former vice-president Dan Quayle … saw him functioning in ‘a sort of co-presidency.’”

Cheney’s identify is firmly linked to the post-Sept. 11 warfare‐on-terror agenda. He was a number one advocate for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and directed growth of surveillance and detention insurance policies, together with what he referred to as “robust interrogation” of terror suspects. His critics argued these insurance policies over-reached constitutional limits; his defenders say they have been a needed response to an unprecedented menace.

Remarkably, Cheney lived with persistent well being challenges for years. He survived 5 coronary heart assaults and underwent a coronary heart transplant in 2012. In its assertion the household stated he taught his youngsters and grandchildren “to love our country, and to live lives of courage, honor, love, kindness, and fly fishing.”

Former President Bush referred to as Cheney “a decent, honorable man” and stated his dying was “a loss to the nation.”

Cheney’s post-office years continued to attract consideration. He broke with a lot of his social gathering by criticising Donald Trump, and endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024.

Cheney is survived by his spouse, Lynne; daughters Liz and Mary