Dick Cheney, the nation's 46th vice president, died Monday night at the age of 84.

Cheney died due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement from his family.

"His beloved wife of 61 years, Lynne, his daughters Liz and Mary, and other family members were with him as he passed," the statement said.

Prior to serving as vice president to George W. Bush, Cheney was also chief of staff under Gerald Ford, secretary of defense under George H.W. Bush and a congressman from Wyoming for a decade.

Funeral arrangements were not immediately available.

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