Dick Cheney, the 46th US vice president and a central figure in the post‑9/11 “war on terror,” died at 84 from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said. Surrounded by his wife Lynne and daughters Liz and Mary, the longtime Republican power broker remained unapologetic about the Iraq invasion and enhanced interrogation methods. In later years, he broke with his party over Donald Trump, whom he called a “coward,” and cast his final presidential vote in 2024 for Kamala Harris. Cheney received a heart transplant in 2012 after decades of cardiovascular illness.

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