by Simon Kent at Breitbart
Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has died, his family revealed Tuesday. He was 84.
Cheney served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under Republican President George W. Bush.
He also served as secretary of defense under Republican George Bush Snr, between 1989 and 1993.
Vice President Dick Cheney delivers a speech at a Bush Cheney 2004 fundraising lunch in New York. (Photo by Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images)
Before that, Cheney acted as Gerald Ford’s White House chief of staff in the 1970s, previously spending a decade in the House of Representatives.
A statement released by the family announced Dick Cheney’s death:
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, honour, 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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