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(NewsNation) — Dick Cheney, the 46th vice president of the United States, died Monday. He was 84 years old.
Cheney, who served as vice president to George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009, died due to complications of pneumonia, cardiac and vascular disease, his family confirmed in a statement.
Known as a "war hawk" who played a pivotal role in the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Cheney also held office as a congressman in Wyoming in the 1980s and as defense secretary for former President George H.W. Bush.
“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," the family's statement said. "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 previously survived five heart attacks and a heart transplant, according to his 2013 book, "Heart: An American Medical Odyssey."
Dick Cheney died on Nov. 3, 2025, at 84 years old. (NewsNation)
Vice President Cheney and President George W Bush riding in back of a limousine smiling, Washington, D.C,. on Feb. 28, 2008. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
In this handout photo provided by the U.S. National Archives, Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush meet in the President's Emergency Operations Center after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by David Bohrer/U.S. National Archives via Getty Images)
In the last moments of the Bush administration Vice President Dick Cheney sits alone in his wheelchair in the White House awaiting the arrival of Barack H. Obama and his wife Michelle and Joe and Jill Biden to a coffee morning with congressional leaders in the Blue room before he is sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts as the 44th president of the United States. (Photo by Charles Ommanney/Getty Images)
Former Vice President Dick Cheney introduces Vice President Mike Pence at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting at The Venetian Las Vegas on Feb. 24, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
In a Tuesday statement, Bush said Cheney will be remembered "among the finest public servants of his generation — a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousness of purpose to every position he held."
He transformed the role of vice president from ceremonial to consequential, establishing influence over Bush's conservative agenda and some of its major topics: terrorism, energy, Iraq and more.
Cheney alleged false links between the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S., and prewar Iraq, plunging U.S. troops into a near decade of a fighting.
For admirers, he kept the faith in a shaky time, resolute even as the nation soured on the war. By Bush's second term, courts ruled against Cheney's efforts to broaden presidential authority, and his power waned.
Post-administration, the businessman and politician drew the ire of President Donald Trump, whom Cheney called the greatest "threat to our republic" in its history.
His daughter, former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., was the leading in-party critic of Trump's attempts to stay in power after the 2020 election and during the ensuing Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots.
In 2024, Cheney announced he would vote for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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