He died on November 3 2025, at 84, leaving behind a life that was as consequential as it was contested. His family said the cause was complications from pneumonia and chronic heart and vascular disease.
Roots & Ascent
Dick Cheney was born January 30 1941, in Lincoln, Nebraska, and grew up in Casper, Wyoming. HistSecDef+1 He studied political science at the University of Wyoming (earning both a B.A. and M.A.) after a brief stint at Yale. George W. Bush White House Archives+1
His early career was not glamorous: from congressional aide, to positions under Nixon and Ford, culminating in his service as the youngest White House Chief of Staff under Gerald Ford. Biography+1
He served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Wyoming (1979–1989) before being appointed Secretary of Defense under President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1993.
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