Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at age 84 following complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.

His family issued a statement saying, "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. We are grateful beyond measure for all Dick Cheney did for our country.”

Throughout his political career, the Republican served in the U.S. government as White House Chief of Staff, Wyoming’s Congressman, Secretary of Defense, and Vice President of the United States.

Cheney played an influential role in steering two major U.S.-Middle East wars that dominated the American story across two decades. He first led the armed forces as defense chief during the Persia

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