Dick Cheney, the influential Republican vice president under George W. Bush, has died at the age of 84, his family has announced. He was one of the most powerful vice presidents in modern times, and the chief architect of the âwar on terror.â
Cheney, the 46th Vice President of the United States, served alongside President George W. Bush for two terms, from 2001 to 2009.
Per a family statement, Cheney died âdue to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.â The former vice president was struggling with cardiovascular disease for large parts of his adult life.
He survived several heart attacks and had a heart transplant in 2012. Two years later, he hailed the transplant as âthe gift of lite itself.â
Dick Cheney, dead at 84
