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Former Vice President Dick Cheney died late Monday at the age of 84, according to a statement from his family.
The statement noted his cause of death as complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.
“Richard B. Cheney, the 46th Vice President of the United States, died last night, November 3, 2025. He was 84 years old.
“His beloved wife of 61 years, Lynne, his daughters, Liz and Mary, and other family members were with him as he passed. The former Vice President died due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.
“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.
“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.”
Cheney spent decades at the top of Washington’s power structure as White House chief of staff to President Gerald Ford, a Wyoming congressman who defended Ronald Reagan during the Iran-Contra scandal, and as Defense Secretary under George H.W. Bush, who helped lead the nation into the first Gulf War against Iraq’s Saddam Hussein.
He served as vice president from 2001 to 2009. Cheney was also the father of Liz Cheney, who later served as a Wyoming Republican congresswoman before turning against President Donald Trump. She was later defeated in a GOP primary after serving on the January 6 committee.
