Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing figures in modern American politics, has died at the age of 84, his family announced on Tuesday. Cheney passed away surrounded by his wife, Lynne, and daughters Liz and Mary, following complications from pneumonia and long-term cardiac and vascular disease. “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. A Legacy of Power and Controversy Serving as Vice President under…