Posted on 11/06/2026 6:46:02 AM PST by Red Badger
A soft-spoken Democrat with liberal views, Rockefeller served five six-year terms representing West Virginia in the Senate and became a prominent critic of the Iraq War.
WASHINGTON — John D. “Jay” Rockefeller IV, the progeny of one of America’s most famous and wealthiest families who during three decades in the Senate sought expanded healthcare for the poor and excoriated President George W. Bush’s handling of the Iraq War, died Friday at his home in Washington, The Washington Post reported.
He was 89.
His family did not provide a cause, the newspaper added.
Rockefeller, a tall, soft-spoken Democrat with liberal views, was elected in 1984 to the first of his five six-year terms representing West Virginia in the Senate after two terms as governor of the poor coal-mining state.
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I’d think better of him if he went out like Nelson.
True, though I’m sure he would rather have died like Nelson Rockefeller did.
The Rockfellers The Rothschilds and there ilk need to rot in hell. What evil people.
Nelson died at 70 in apparent good health. Jay died at 89. Maybe Nelson would have rather had the extra 18-19 years.
Nelson died at 70 in apparent good health.
He came and went at the same time.
A lot of men wouldn’t mind dying “in the saddle.”
Had severe dementia.
Very good.
Along with George Soros.
**Nelson died at 70 in apparent good health. Jay died at 89. Maybe Nelson would have rather had the extra 18-19 years.**
You’d make a lousy pollster.
**Nelson died at 70 in apparent good health. He came and went at the same time.**
**A lot of men wouldn’t mind dying “in the saddle.”**
You guys are funnier.
So tell me: how many of us old geezers would be willing to give our estates to the young babe who’d give us that?
Bet you can’t find a photo in which Rockefeller is smiling. He is the quinessential grinch.
I think she was a little older than that.
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