The six-term Arizona senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour in July 2017.
His family announced on Friday that McCain, who left Washington in December, had decided to cease treatment.
Tributes began to pour in for McCain as soon as the news of his death was announced, CNN reports.
President Donald Trump, whom McCain had strongly criticised, tweeted, “My deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of Senator John McCain. Our hearts and prayers are with you!”
Former President George Bush described McCain as “a patriot of the highest order. He was a public servant in the finest traditions of our country.”
Barack Obama, the democrat who beat McCain to the presidency, said despite their differences, they shared “a fidelity to something higher – the ideals for which generations of Americans and immigrants alike have fought, marched and sacrificed.”
“Few of us have been tested the way John once was or required to show the kind of courage that he did,” Obama said.
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