Former US Vice President Dick Cheney, a key architect of America’s war in Iraq and “war on terror,” has died aged 84, according to a family statement.
He died on Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, family spokesman Jeremy Adler said.
Cheney, the 46th vice president, served two terms under Republican President George W Bush from 2001 to 2009 and was for decades a towering and polarising figure in Washington politics.
In his later years, the hardline conservative became largely estranged from his own party due to his outspoken criticism of US President Donald Trump, whom he called a “coward” and the greatest threat the republic has ever faced.
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