The former US vice president played a crucial role in planning and overseeing the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein Former US Vice President Dick Cheney has died from complications of pneumonia and heart and vascular disease, his family said in a statement on Tuesday. “Richard B. Cheney, the 46th Vice President of the United States, died last night, November 3, 2025. He was 84 years old,”  the statement reads. “His beloved wife of 61 years, Lynne, his daughters, Liz and Mary, and other