After the Sept. 11 attacks, perceiving an elemental threat to American society, Mr. Cheney used his role as Bush’s chief strategist to approve the use of torture and steer U.S. occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Dick Cheney, served as Vice President under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009, and was considered one of the most powerful VPs in U.S. history.

The former Vice President died due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease,” his family said in a statement released Tuesday morning. A powerhouse tactician, Cheney was widely perceived as something of a shadow president during his eight years as George W.

Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful vice presidents in United States history, died at 84 on Monday night. Cheney is remembered as a chief architect of the war in Iraq after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and a member of an old Republican Party guard that is quickly fading away.

Former U.S Vice President Dick Cheney has died at 84, Punchbowl News reporter Jake Sherman said in a post on X on Tuesday. (Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrew Heavens) Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.

Dick Cheney was a great and good man who taught his children and grandchildren to love our country, and to live lives of courage, honor, love, kindness, and fly fishing. “We

Dick Cheney, a powerful vice president and a chief architect of the war in Iraq after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and part of an old Republican Party guard that is quickly fading away.