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Jay Rockefeller, oil dynasty heir and five-term West Virginia Democrat senator, dies at 89

Jay Rockefeller IV, great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller who spent five Senate terms as a West Virginia Democrat pushing government healthcare programs, died Friday at 89 with no cause released by his family. The former senator and two-term governor died at his home in Washington, the New York Post reported. His family gave

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