Richard B. Cheney, who served as the 46th vice president of the United States and whose decadeslong career in Washington included a lengthy stint as Wyoming’s sole congressman, died Monday night.
His death was caused by complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said in a statement. He was 84 years old.
Cheney’s Washington career began in 1968 with a one-year stint as a congressional fellow and included service on then-President Richard Nixon’s Cost of Living Council, at the Office of Economic Opportunity and within the White House.
