General Norman Schwarzkopf - a life in pictures

Schwarzkopf rides in an armoured jeep with and President George HW Bush in Saudi Arabia, in 1991 Photograph: Rex Features/ZUMA

Schwarzkopf confers with Saudi Arabia's Lieutenant General Khalid Bin Sultan, commander of multinational forces, in Riyadh, during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

Generals Colin Powell (l) and Schwarzkopf at a press conference with Under secretary of defence Paul Wolfowitz (r) at a Desert Storm briefing, in February 1991 Photograph: Rex Features/Courtesy Everett Collection

Schwarzkopf answers questions during an interview in Riyadh, in 1991 Photograph: David Longstreath/AP

Schwarzkopf waves to the crowd after a military band plays a song in his honour at welcome home ceremonies at MacDill air force base in Tampa, Florida, in 1991 Photograph: Lynne Sladky/AP

Schwarzkopf salutes the crowd after arriving home following the 1991 Gulf war Photograph: Rex Features/ZUMA

Defence secretary Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and Schwarzkopf during an awards ceremony, in 1991 Photograph: Rex Features/ Courtesy Everett Collection

Schwarzkopf with president George HW Bush at the White House, in 1991 Photograph: J. DAVID AKE/AFP

President George W Bush with retired general Schwarzkopf during a campaign rally at Legend Field in Tampa, in 2004 Photograph: STEPHEN JAFFE/AFP

Schwarzkopf leaving 10 Downing street after meeting prime minister John Major, in 1991 Photograph: Jonathan Player/Rex Features