Dick Cheney died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family says. Photo: AP PHOTO

Dick Cheney, a driving force behind the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 who was considered by presidential historians as one of the most powerful vice-presidents in US history, has died at age 84.

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Cheney died on Monday night from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said.

The Republican - a former Wyoming congressman and secretary of defence - was already a major Washington player when then-Texas governor George W Bush chose him to be hi

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