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Jay Rockefeller, influential healthcare advocate and last of the Rockefeller political dynasty, passes away at 89

Jay Rockefeller, influential healthcare advocate and last of the Rockefeller political dynasty, passes away at 89

Jay Rockefeller, heir to famed dynasty and healthcare advocate in U.S. Senate, dies at 89
Jay Rockefeller, heir to famed dynasty and healthcare advocate in U.S. Senate, dies at 89

Jay Rockefeller, a tall, soft-spoken Democrat with liberal views, was a great-grandson of oil tycoon John ‌D. Rockefeller and the scion of a family that formed a political dynasty

Jay Rockefeller, heir to famed dynasty and healthcare advocate in US Senate, dies at 89
Jay Rockefeller, heir to famed dynasty and healthcare advocate in US Senate, dies at 89

Rockefeller voted in 2002 in favor of the Republican Bush's measure authorizing the Iraq war, which began with a US-led invasion in 2003.

Rockefeller dynasty heir dies at 89
Rockefeller dynasty heir dies at 89

John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV, the great-grandson of the Standard Oil founder, served as a US senator for West Virginia for three decades John D. “Jay” Rockefeller IV, a former US senator and...

Jay Rockefeller, former West Virginia governor and US senator, dies at 89
Jay Rockefeller, former West Virginia governor and US senator, dies at 89

Jay Rockefeller died Thursday night at his home in Washington, said Mary Stewart, vice president for external affairs at WETA.

Jay Rockefeller last of political dynasty and West Virginia champion dies at 89
Jay Rockefeller last of political dynasty and West Virginia champion dies at 89

‘I could not imagine a more rewarding career,’ Rockefeller said upon his retirement in 2015

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