Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies at 84

According to a statement from his family, Cheney died Monday night.

WASHINGTON — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.

According to a statement from his family, Cheney died Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.