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Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney dies

Former President George W Bush calls it "a loss to the nation".

Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney has died at the age of 84. The former President George W Bush calls it "a loss to the nation and a sorrow to his friends". Cheney, VP under President Bush from 2001 to 2009, died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease on Monday night, his family say. Our correspondent explains more.

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(Photo: US President George W. Bush (L) and Vice President Dick Cheney celebrate at the conclusion of the 2004 Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden, New York, 2 September, 2004. Credit: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

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