John D. “Jay” Rockefeller, a fourth-generation member of the Rockefeller family, has passed away at his home in Washington at the age of 89.
According to the Washington Post, the family did not provide a statement regarding the cause of Rockefeller’s death. Rockefeller was among the figures who served for many years in U.S. politics representing the state of West Virginia.
Born on June 18, 1937, in New York, John D. Rockefeller IV was a politician within the Democratic Party. He served as a U.S. Senator for West Virginia for 30 years, from 1985 to 2015.
Jay Rockefeller’s great-grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, had amassed a vast fortune in the oil industry by founding Standard Oil. Another prominent member of the family, Nelson Rockefeller, had served as Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States.
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