Overview
- His family said he died on November 3 from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease while surrounded by his wife, Lynne, and daughters, Liz and Mary.
- He served as White House chief of staff, Wyoming’s congressman, secretary of defense overseeing Operation Desert Storm, and two-term vice president under George W. Bush.
- He was a chief architect of the post-9/11 “war on terror” and a leading advocate of the 2003 Iraq invasion, tied to disputed WMD intelligence and harsh detention and surveillance policies.
- Cheney battled severe heart disease for decades, surviving five heart attacks and receiving a heart transplant in 2012.
- In later years he broke with the Trump-aligned GOP and said he voted for Kamala Harris in 2024, contributing to sharply divided reactions to his legacy.