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.
\n\nHis family did not provide a cause, the newspaper added.
\n\nRockefeller, 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.
\n\nRockefeller voted in 2002 in favor of the Republican Bush’s measure authorizing the Iraq War, which began with a U.S.-led invasion in 2003. He later expressed regret over that vote and, as head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, accused Bush of taking the nation to war on “false premises.”
\n\nHe was a great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller and the scion of a family that formed a political dynasty that included his uncle, New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller.
\n\nNew York-born Jay Rockefeller’s life changed direction after he graduated from Harvard University and served in a national service program in impoverished…
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