The nation is remembering Dick Cheney as the serious, steely-eyed, no-nonsense former secretary of defense and vice president who some dubbed a “war hawk” and others “Darth Vader.”

Cheney, who died Monday night at age 84 from complications of pneumonia and cardiac disease, has been credited with leading America’s strong and decisive response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the war on terror.

He’s also been a running punchline since accidentally shooting a hunting buddy in Texas in February 2006.

In Wyoming where he grew up in Casper, Richard Bruce “Dick” Cheney was on the Natrona County High School football team, was senior class president, and married his high school sweetheart Lynne Vincent; he’s also remembered as a heck of a funny guy.

Throughout the 1980s, Wyoming’s p

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