Dick Cheney, the former vice president under President George W. Bush, has died at the age of 84.

'The death of Richard B. Cheney is a loss to the nation and a sorrow to his friends.'

Cheney passed away from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement issued by his family on Tuesday.

"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," his family stated. "We are grateful beyond measure for all Dick Cheney did for our country. And we are blessed beyond measure to have loved and been loved by this noble giant of a man."

Cheney, who was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1941, had a history of heart problems, including five heart a

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