Former US Vice President Dick Cheney dead at age 84

Washington: Former United States Vice President Dick Cheney , has died at the age of 84, according to a statement from his family.

Cheney died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said. He was troubled much of his life by heart problems, suffering the first of a number of heart attacks at age 37. He had a heart transplant in 2012.

Cheney, served as defence secretary during the Gulf War under President George H.W. Bush and later returned to Washington as vice president to his son, George W. Bush.

Cheney strongly supported the 2003 Iraq war, warning of weapons of mass destruction that were never found.

A hardline conservative, Cheney later became a target of President Donald Trump, after his daughter Liz Cheney became the leading Republican critic following the January 6 Capitol attack. 

Cheney backed her stance and said he would support Kamala Harris in 2024.

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