Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died. The news of his passing was announced on Tuesday morning, November 4. He was 84. Cheney’s death was announced in a statement, which highlighted the special bond he shared with his family. This is the loving family he leaves behind.
Dick Cheney’s Family
GettyCheney’s family revealed that he passed away “due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease,” the New York Post reports. “His beloved wife of 61 years, Lynne, his daughters, Liz and Mary, and other family members were with him as he passed.”
The statement continues, “Dick Cheney was 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. We are grateful beyond measure for all Dick Cheney did for our country. And we are blessed beyond measure to have loved and been loved by this noble giant of a man.”
GettyIt is a beautiful and heartfelt statement that highlights the way Cheney’s loved ones viewed him and the close bond they shared, despite not always agreeing.
Remembering Dick Cheney
GettyCheney was a politician who served under former President George W Bush. He was also a beloved family man. Cheney and his loving wife, Lynne Cheney, married in 1964. They share two adult daughters, Mary and Elizabeth Cheney. He was also a grandparent to four grandchildren; three granddaughters and a grandson.
GettyElizabeth, more commonly referred to as Liz, followed in her father’s footsteps and pursued a career in politics. In 2013, she and her sister Mary had a public disagreement, ABC News reports.
GettyFamily was important to Dick. In a 2004 speech at the Republican National Convention, he briefly expressed his joy at becoming a grandfather. “Since I last spoke to our national convention, Lynne and I have had the joy of seeing our family grow,” he said, CBS News reports. “We now have a grandson to go along with our three wonderful granddaughters, and the deepest wish of my heart and the object of all my determination is that they, and all of America’s children, will have lives filled with opportunity and that they will inherit a world in which they can live in freedom, in safety, and in peace.”
