Cheney leaves behind his wife of 61 years, Lynne. The couple had two daughters, Liz and Mary. In addition, Cheney leaves behind seven grandchildren. Liz and husband Philip Perry are the parents of five kids, while Mary and her partner, Heather Poe, have two children.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney's family shared his cause of a death in a statement on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Cheney died at the age of 84 after surviving a series of health struggles, including five heart attacks.

Dick Cheney, America’s most powerful modern vice president and chief architect of the “war on terror,” who helped lead the country into the ill-fated Iraq war on faulty assumptions, has died, according to a statement from his family.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that flags on all state government buildings be flown at half-staff in honor of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on Monday. Flags were ordered to half-staff immediately through interment, a statement said.

The BBC has reported that Cheney, who also served as President Gerald Ford's White House chief of staff in the 1970s, succumbed to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease on Monday night, November 3. His family confirmed his demise in a statement.

Dick Cheney's family announced on Tuesday, Nov. 4, that he had died at the age of 84. He served as Vice President under George W. Bush.

Dick Cheney served as Bush's Vice President for two terms between 2001 and 2009. The former president and his family honored the late former VP.