Former US Vice President Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.Cheney died Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement from his family. “For decades, Dick Cheney served our nation, including as White House Chief of Staff, Wyoming’s Congressman, Secretary of Defense, and Vice President of the United States," the statement said.

Who was Dick Cheney?

He was hailed as America's most powerful modern vice president and oft called the chief architect of the Iraq war. "His beloved wife of 61 years, Lynne, his daughters, Liz and Mary, and other family members were with him as he pass

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