Dick Cheney dead at 84

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, the chief architect of the “war on terror,” has died, according to CNN.

The Republican served as vice president to George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 and pushed the U.S. into war with Iraq based on false information about its weapons programs.

"Dick Cheney was a great and good man who taught his children and grandchildren to love our country, and to live lives of courage, honor, love, kindness and fly fishing," the family said in a statement. "We are grateful beyond measure for all Dick Cheney did for this country. And we are blessed beyond measure to have loved and been loved by this noble giant of a man."

Cheney had previously served as White House chief of staff to President Gerald Ford and U.S. representative for Wyoming from 1979 to 1989, and he then served as Secretary of Defense to President George H. W. Bush.

He was 84.

Cheney is survived by his wife, Lynne, and daughters, Liz and Mary, and other family members who were with him when he passed, the statement said.