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Former VP Dick Cheney, Who Died Monday, Visited Staten Island in 2011 and 2005

Dick Cheney, 84, died from pneumonia and cardiac issues; his leadership post-9/11 shaped U.S. policy and sparked mixed reactions reflecting his controversial legacy.

  • On November 3, former Vice President Dick Cheney died at age 84 from complications of pneumonia, cardiac and vascular disease, Cheney's family said Tuesday.
  • Former Vice President Dick Cheney was best known for shaping U.S. policy after September 11, 2001, including the Iraq invasion and the broader 'war on terror', while critics called him a war criminal.
  • Critics and supporters reacted online, with Mehdi Hasan, journalist, writing `He should have died in The Hague` and others including Condoleezza Rice, Former Secretary of State, offering condolences.
  • Cheney's family described his decades of service including White House Chief of Staff, Wyoming's Congressman, Secretary of Defense, and Vice President of the United States, adding funeral details are not public yet.
  • Despite his death, commentators said Cheney's endorsement of Kamala Harris in 2024 drew criticism from George Santos, while Hasan Piker assailed his record; his hypermilitaristic ideology still shapes U.S. foreign policy.
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War Criminal Dick Cheney Dead at 84

"He should have died in The Hague," said one journalist.

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On the night of November 3, 2025, Dick Cheney, the most relevant vice president of the American contemporary era, said goodbye to this world at the age of 84, in the company of his wife Lynne and her daughters Liz and Mary. Complications resulting from pneumonia, along with the worsening of his heart problems, sealed the fate of a man who devoted his life to power and controversy. His family, through an emotional communiqué, described him as a “…

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