WASHINGTON, D.C. (Kashmir English): Former United States Vice President Dick Cheney died at 84 on Tuesday, USA Today reported, citing his family.
He died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease on Monday night, his family said.
Cheney served as President Gerald Ford’s White House chief of staff in the 1970s, before spending a decade in the House of Representatives.
He was a key architect of President George W Bush’s ‘War on Terror’ after the 9/11 attacks, and an early advocate of the invasion of Iraq in 2003. He was a member of an old Republican Party guard.
More to Follow
