Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. Here's what to know about them.
Cheney and Lynne became parents when they welcomed daughter Elizabeth Lynne Cheney, who goes by Liz, on July 28, 1966. She was born in Madison, Wisc., before being raised between Wyoming and Washington, D.C., in the midst of her dad's political career.
Cheney studied at UW-Madison and worked for a Wisconsin governor and congressman in his early career. He returned to Wisconsin as recently as 2019.
Dick Cheney, a powerful vice president and a chief architect of the war in Iraq after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and part of an old Republican Party guard that is quickly fading away.
Liz Cheney is grieving the loss of her father, Dick Cheney — while also facing fierce backlash from MAGA fans. The former Republican congresswoman was targeted by supporters of Donald Trump within minutes after news broke that her father had died at age 84 on Monday,