Dick Cheney handed away on the age of 84 on Nov. 3, 2025.
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Dick Cheney, a central pressure behind the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and thought to be one of the vital highly effective vice presidents in U.S. historical past, died at 84 on Monday from issues of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular illness, his household mentioned Tuesday.
A former Wyoming congressman and secretary of protection, Cheney helped increase presidential energy as vp from 2001 to 2009 and constructed a nationwide safety group that turned its personal energy middle. He vigorously advocated for the Iraq battle, warning of weapons of mass destruction that have been by no means discovered, and defended “enhanced” interrogation strategies that others known as “torture.” He clashed with a number of prime aides, together with Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice.
Cheney’s daughter Liz misplaced her Home seat after opposing Donald Trump and voting to question him after the January 6, 2021 assault. Her father agreed and mentioned he would vote for Kamala Harris in 2024. “In our nation’s 248 year-history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” he mentioned.
Dick Cheney handed away on the age of 84 on Nov. 3, 2025.Reuters
Cheney suffered coronary heart issues for many years and obtained a coronary heart transplant in 2012. As protection secretary beneath President George H.W. Bush, he directed the operation to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait in 1991. He later ran Halliburton, which turned a significant Iraq battle contractor.
Born in Nebraska in 1941, Cheney grew up in Wyoming, ultimately incomes levels from the College of Wyoming. In Washington, he labored beneath Presidents Nixon and Ford and served a decade in Congress with a conservative file.
He’s survived by his spouse Lynne and daughters Liz and Mary, who have been with him when he died.
