PoliticsJay Rockefeller, healthcare advocate and heir to famed US dynasty, dies at 89

John D. “Jay” Rockefeller IV died at his home in Washington on Friday, aged 89, the Washington Post reported. A member of one of America’s best-known wealthy families, he served three decades in the US Senate, advocating expanded healthcare for poor people and sharply criticizing President George W. Bush’s handling of the Iraq war.

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