WASHINGTON – Flags at the White House are flying at half staff following the death of former Vice President Dick Cheney.
His family announced his passing on Tuesday, November 4 at the age of 84, saying in a statement that he died due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. The statement went on to pay tribute to Cheney as “a great and good man who taught his children and grandchildren to love our country, and to live lives of courage, honor, love, kindness, and fly fishing.”
Cheney served as the nation’s 46th vice president under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. He was also former President George H.W. Bush’s Secretary of Defense from 1989 to 1993, a Congressman from Wyoming from 1979 to 1989 and former President Gerald Ford’s Chief of Staff from 1974 to 1975.
In a statement, Bush said history will look upon Cheney as one of the finest public servants of his generation.
