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Dick Ch­eney, the hard-charg­ing con­ser­v­a­tive who be­came one of the most pow­er­ful and po­lar­is­ing vice pres­i­dents in U.S. his­to­ry and a lead­ing ad­vo­cate for the in­va­sion of Iraq, has died at age 84.

Ch­eney died Mon­day night due to com­pli­ca­tions of pneu­mo­nia and car­diac and vas­cu­lar dis­ease, ac­cord­ing to a state­ment from his fam­i­ly.

“For decades, Dick Ch­eney served our na­tion, in­clud­ing as White House Chief of Staff, Wyoming’s Con­gress­man, Sec­re­tary of De­fence, and Vice Pres­i­dent of the Unit­ed States,” the state­ment said. ““Dick Ch­eney was a great and good man who taught his chil­dren and grand­chil­dren to love our coun­try, and to live lives of courage, ho­n­our, love, kind­ness, and fly fish­ing. We are grate­ful be­yond mea­sure for all Dick Ch­eney did for our coun­try. And we are blessed be­yond mea­sure to have loved and been loved by this no­ble gi­ant of a man.”