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Is Dick Cheney currently hospitalized or receiving medical care in 2025?
Executive summary
Available sources uniformly report that former Vice President Dick Cheney died on November 3, 2025, at age 84 from complications of pneumonia and cardiac/vascular disease, so he is not currently hospitalized or receiving medical care in 2025; his family’s statement and multiple news outlets confirm the date and cause [1] [2] [3]. Major outlets including The New York Times, Reuters, NPR and People published obituaries and accounts of his longstanding heart problems and the family announcement [4] [2] [3] [5].
1. Death announced by family and widely reported
Cheney’s family released a statement saying he “died last night, November 3, 2025,” and named complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease as the cause; that family statement is cited directly or reproduced by Fox News, Reuters and NPR among others [1] [2] [3].
2. Consensus across major outlets — obituaries and cause of death
National and international outlets ran obituaries the day after the family announcement. The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, The Guardian, ABC News and Reuters all published accounts noting his death and linking it to longstanding heart problems as well as the immediate complications listed by the family [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [2].
3. Cheney’s long medical history provides context for the cause
Reporting repeatedly notes Cheney’s decades-long cardiac history — five heart attacks between 1978 and 2010, use of a device to regulate his heartbeat, and a later heart transplant — which news outlets place alongside the family’s statement about cardiac and vascular disease contributing to his death [4] [10] [11].
4. No credible sources say he is currently hospitalized or receiving care in 2025
Given the consistent reporting that Cheney died November 3, 2025, major outlets do not describe him as presently hospitalized or under care after that date; instead they report his passing and provide retrospective medical context [2] [3] [4].
5. Where misinformation could arise — why check the date and source
Because Cheney had frequent medical events and public hospitalizations in prior years, older reports or social posts could be misread as current; however, every item in the supplied search results with relevant timing points to his death on November 3, 2025, not an ongoing hospitalization [4] [2] [5].
6. Alternative viewpoints and limitations of available reporting
Available sources uniformly agree on the death and the family’s stated causes; no provided source disputes those facts or provides an alternative medical account [1] [2]. If you are looking for clinical records, hospital names, or detailed medical timelines beyond what family statements and obituary reporting include, those are not present in the provided reporting — “available sources do not mention” specific hospital documents or forensic details beyond the family statement and physician commentary [1] [12].
7. What to trust and next steps for verification
Trust primary-family statements and reporting from established outlets quoted above [1] [4] [2]. For further confirmation beyond news coverage, seek an official statement from the Cheney family, hospital spokespersons, or death records; those documents are not included in the current set of sources, so they are not cited here — “available sources do not mention” hospital records or an official death certificate in the provided material [1] [2].
Bottom line: Based on the supplied reporting, Dick Cheney died on November 3, 2025; therefore he is not currently hospitalized or receiving medical care in 2025 according to the sources cited [1] [2] [3].