WASHINGTON — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at 84.

Photos: Notable deaths in 2025

Peter Yarrow

Sam Moore

David Lynch

Bob Uecker

Joan Plowright

Cecile Richards

Garth Hudson

Marianne Faithfull

Dick Button

Barbie Hsu

Irv Gotti

Tony Roberts

Paquita la del Barrio

Jerry Butler

Voletta Wallace

Roberta Flack

Michelle Trachtenberg

Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa

David Johansen

Roy Ayers

Pamela Bach

John Feinstein

Émilie Dequenne

Kitty Dukakis

Mia Love

Denis Arndt

Richard Chamberlain

Val Kilmer

Wink Martindale

Pope Francis

Steve McMichael

Ruth Buzzi

Jim Dent

James Foley

David H. Souter

Johnny Rodriguez

Robert Be

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