Lynne Cheney In Phila. Hospital After Fainting PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ― Lynne Cheney, the wife of former Vice-President Dick Cheney, was admitted to a Philadelphia hospital after fainting inside a hotel room on Monday. A family spokesperson confirmed that Mrs. Cheney fainted in a hotel room Monday afternoon and she was taken to Hahnemann University Hospital in Center City. The former vice-president and her family were with her at the hospital.