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Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney dies, age 84
Dick Cheney, considered by many presidential historians as one of the most powerful vice presidents in U.S. history, has died at age 84.
Cheney led the armed forces as defense chief during the Persian Gulf War under President George H.W. Bush.
A former Wyoming congressman, Cheney was selected by President George H.W. Bush’s son Texas governor George W. Bush to be his running mate in the 2000 presidential race.
Cheney served under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009, helping to shape U.S. foreign and domestic policy during the administration’s response to the September 11 attacks and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, in which he was a driving force behind the U.S. invasion of the country in 2003.
The Republican member’s family released a statement on Tuesday saying that he died Monday night from complications of cardiac and vascular disease and pneumonia. He underwent a heart transplant in 2012.
In recent years he became a staunch defender of his influential Republican lawmaker daughter Liz Cheney, an outspoken opponent of U.S. President Donald Trump. Liz Cheney is currently the congresswoman of Wyoming.
