Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has died, his family revealed Tuesday. He was 84.
Cheney served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under Republican President George W. Bush.
He also served as secretary of defense under Republican George Bush Snr, between 1989 and 1993.
Vice President Dick Cheney delivers a speech at a Bush Cheney 2004 fundraising lunch in New York. (Photo by Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images)
Before that, Cheney acted as Gerald Ford’s White House chief of staff in the 1970s, previously spending a decade in the House of Representatives.
A statement released by the family announced Dick Cheney’s death:
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Richard B. Cheney, the 46th Vice President of the United States,
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