# Former US vice president Dick Cheney has died. His family said the 84-year-old died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. Cheney was in the White House with George W Bush and became one of the most powerful vice presidents in history, leading US policy after the 9/11 attacks. In later life, he became a target of Donald Trump, especially after his daughter, Liz Cheney, became the leading Republican critic and examiner of Trump’s actions surrounding the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol.
Former US vice president Dick Cheney dies