Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who once accidentally shot his friend in the face and was filmed gleefully signing a “waterboard kit,” has died aged 84.

Cheney’s family confirmed that the Republican, who was hugely influential in launching the disastrous war in Iraq after the 9/11 attacks, died Monday due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.

“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,” the family said in a statement.

Cheney, widely considered the most powerful vice president in U.S. history, served two terms alongside President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009.

His decades-long political career, which also included serving as secretary

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