Flags are still flying at half-staff in Colorado and around the U.S. in honor of Vice President Dick Cheney, who died Nov. 3 .

Gov. Jared Polis ordered flags lowered on Nov. 4, following the White House doing the same.

In keeping with past practices , the flags will stay lowered until sunset on the day of interment for Cheney. His funeral will be on Nov. 20, but no interment date has yet to be announced as of Nov. 17.

Cheney, 84, died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to his family . His career in government and politics included serving as chief of staff to President Gerald Ford, winning election to Congress six times from Wyoming and becoming defense secretary from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush.

Cheney is best known for

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