Dick Cheney was a status-quo-defying, career politician who as US vice president sometimes made bigger headlines than his boss.
After his death at 84 on Tuesday, he will be remembered for his outsized influence in Washington, along with his ironclad conviction, willing to break with the president when he deemed it necessary.
Cheney's unorthodox legacy as number two under former-President George W Bush, from 2001 to 2009, extends beyond the power that he wielded, however.
Having entered the political scene as a Yale dropout who blamed his exit on the realisation that "beer was one of the essentials of life", as vice-president he once used an expletive at a colleague on the floor of the US Senate.
Below are just five of the moments from Cheney's controversial yet remarkable career.
