Politics
Dick Cheney’s Last Words Before Former Vice President’s Death at 84 Revealed
Dick Cheney is being remembered by family and friends at his funeral service held Thursday, November 20, at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
During the service, his daughter Liz Cheney eulogized the 46th Vice President of the United States — who died on November 3 at age 84 due to complications of pneumonia and vascular disease — and revealed his final words.
“The night before my dad died, the sky [above] my parents’ house filled with clouds in the shape of winged angels,” she recalled in the eulogy, as reported by People. “I’d never seen anything like it. It seemed, indeed, that angels and archangels and all the company of heaven had come to watch over him.”
“As my dad left this earth, his last words were to tell my mother he loved her,” she continued, referencing her mom, Lynne Cheney. “And now, all of us who loved him so dearly say to him, ‘Goodnight, sweet dad. My flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.’”
The late politician met wife Lynne, now 84, at Natrona County High School in Wyoming. They were married in 1964 and share daughters Liz, 59, and Mary Cheney, 56, as well as seven grandchildren.
Political figures, family and friends were on hand to celebrate Cheney’s life, although two prominent politicians were noticeably absent. Axios was first to report that President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance were not invited to attend.
Barack Obama and wife Michelle Obama were also unable to be at the event, though it is unclear why they weren’t in attendance.
Cheney was a member of the Republican Party who served as vice president under President George W. Bush. While Cheney endorsed Trump in 2016, his feelings on the current president changed after the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol. He endorsed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
