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Former US vice president Dick Cheney dies at 84

  • Former Vice President Dick Cheney died at age 84 from complications of pneumonia and cardiac disease, his family announced on November 3, 2025.
  • Across decades in Washington, Cheney served two terms as vice president under President George W. Bush and earlier as defense secretary and White House chief of staff, shaping national security.
  • Cheney long battled cardiovascular disease and multiple severe heart attacks, underwent a heart transplant in 2012, and disabled his defibrillator's wireless function years earlier.
  • His family said he died with Lynne Cheney, wife of Dick Cheney, and daughters Liz Cheney and Mary Cheney at his side, calling him a 'noble giant of a man' and expressing gratitude.
  • Known for his role after September 11, 2001, Cheney was a leading advocate for the Iraq War and later opposed Donald Trump, saying `There has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump`.
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Former VP Dick Cheney, champion of aggressive foreign policy, dies at 84

President George W. Bush, right, and the late Vice President Dick Cheney in the Oval Office on Jan. 24, 2002. (Photo from National Archives)Former Vice President Dick Cheney, an architect and chief practitioner of neoconservative foreign policy who was an influential figure among a generation of Republicans, died Monday. Cheney died at 84 of complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement from his family pub…

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NBC LA broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.
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