Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney has died at the age of 84.
He died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease on Monday night, his family say
“Dick Cheney was a great and good man who taught his children and grandchildren to love our country, and to live lives of courage, honour, love, kindness, and fly fishing,” they add – read their statement in full
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
Cheney later became a bitter critic of the Republican party under the leadership of President Donald Trump
Source: BBC
