Jay Rockefeller, former West Virginia governor and senator, dies at 89

Jay Rockefeller, former West Virginia governor and senator, dies at 89

Jay Rockefeller, the last of his family's political dynasty and West Virginia's only Democratic governor-turned-senator, died Thursday night at his Washington home at 89. He arrived in 1964 as an anti-poverty worker, served two terms as governor and 30 years in the Senate before retiring in 2015.

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