{"id":2506437,"date":"2025-11-04T08:51:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-vice-president-dick-cheney-dead-at-84\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T08:53:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:53:21","slug":"former-vice-president-dick-cheney-dead-at-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-vice-president-dick-cheney-dead-at-84\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Vice President Dick Cheney dead at 84"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-vice-president-dick-cheney-dead-at-84%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2506437&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Vice President Dick Cheney passed away at the age of 84 due to complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. Cheney served as the 46th vice President of the United States under President George W. Bush from 2000 to 2008. Prior to that,he held critically important roles including Chief of Staff to President Gerald Ford,Secretary of Defense under President George H.W. Bush, and was a U.S. Representative from Wyoming. Known as a powerful figure in the Bush governance,Cheney played a key role during the 9\/11 attacks and was influential in shaping the iraq War. Despite lifelong heart health challenges, including five heart attacks and a heart transplant in 2012, he remained a prominent political figure. He is remembered by his family as a man of courage, honor, and patriotism.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former Vice President Dick Cheney dead at 84<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Former Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dick-cheney\/\">Dick Cheney<\/a> died Monday night at age 84, the family announced.<\/p>\n<p>Cheney was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vice-president-dick-cheney-dead-at-84\/\" title=\"... at 84\">46th vice president<\/a> of the United States. He served under President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/george-w-bush\/\">George W. Bush<\/a> from 2000-2008. He previously served as chief of staff to President Gerald Ford, and as Secretary of Defense for President George H.W. Bush.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3873307\/john-sununu-record-israel-presents-issues-new-hampshire-senate-election-2026\/\">John E. 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His beloved wife of 61 years, Lynne, his daughters, Liz and Mary, and other family members were with him when he passed. The former <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >vice president died due<\/a> to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease,&rdquo; a statement given to <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JakeSherman\/status\/1985666366003699742\">Punchbowl News<\/a><\/em>  read.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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. 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,&rdquo; the statement continued.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former Vice President Dick Cheney listens as his wife Lynne Cheney speaks about her book &ldquo;James Madison: A Life Reconsidered&rdquo; on May 12, 2014 in Washington. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images) | Win McNamee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former vice president was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1941. He dropped out of Yale University and then received his bachelors from the University of Wyoming. He worked in the White House during both the Nixon and Ford administration, then being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Wyoming. He served in Congress from 1978-1989. He was then chosen as Secretary of Defense during the Bush I administration in 1989. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &ndash; Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Colin Powell, huddle prior to testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Thursday, Feb. 21, 1991 on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP Photo\/John Duricka, file)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cheney had suffered from heart-related health issues much of his life. He had five heart attacks between 1978-2010, and underwent a successful heart transplant in 2012. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &ndash; President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney embrace following President Bush&rsquo;s acceptance speech in Madison Square Garden during the final night of the Republican National Convention Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004, in New York. (AP Photo\/Charles Dharapak, file)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He was serving as vice president during the 9\/11 attacks. He was seen as a chief architect of the Iraq War and known for his outsized influence behind the scenes during the Bush II administration. <\/p>\n<p><em>This is a breaking news story and will be updated.  <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies at 84, family confirms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2970,"featured_media":2506438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/8a1fb3856bd8cb17ffe764c93ac41dda-scaled.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[40334,41570,32229,5894],"class_list":["post-2506437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-dick-cheney","tag-former-vice-president","tag-obituary","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/8a1fb3856bd8cb17ffe764c93ac41dda-scaled.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2970"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2506437"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506441,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506437\/revisions\/2506441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2506438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2506437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2506437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2506437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}