Dick Cheney, a former congressman of Wyoming also regarded as the most powerful vice president in U.S. history, died Monday night at the age of 84.

Cheney died due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said in a statement.

“His beloved wife of 61 years, Lynne, his daughters, Liz and Mary, and other family members were with him as he passed,” his family said in a statement released Tuesday morning.

“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.

"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 fis

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