Cheney, who served under presidents from Nixon to George W Bush, will be remembered for key role after 9/11
The former White House chief of staff, member of congress, secretary of defense and US vice-president Dick Cheney has died, his family has said. He was 84.
A Yale dropout who avoided service in Vietnam, Cheney nonetheless became a giant of Republican politics.
He was a White House aide under Richard Nixon; the youngest ever White House chief of staff, to Gerald Ford; a member of congress under Ronald Reagan; secretary of defense to George HW Bush, and vice-president to George W Bush.
When the younger Bush plucked him from the corporate giant Halliburton to be his running mate in the 2000 presidential election, Cheney had already survived three heart attacks. Nor was he immune to mishap: once, while vice-president, he shot a hunting partner in the face.
