Former US vice president Dick Cheney has died aged 84, US media reported on Tuesday, citing a statement from his family. Serving two terms between 2001 and 2009, he became one of the most powerful Republicans in US history as George W. Bush's number two during 9/11 and catastrophic wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The former congressman and defense secretary "died due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease," according to the family's statement cited by US media.
