By Our Reporter
Dick Cheney, former US vice president, one of the leading brains behind the US/ Iraq war has died at the age of 84.
He reportedly died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac vascular disease.
Cheney, a republican, was vice president under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009, and was seen as one of the main foreign policy hawks ahead of the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
In a statement following his death, his family said he was surrounded at the time of his death by his family and loved ones.
He is survived by his wife, Lynn, daughters, Lizz and Mary and other family members.