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Former Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia dies at 89
Jay Rockefeller, a former West Virginia governor and five-term U.S. senator, died Friday at 89, West Virginia Watch reported; Gov. Patrick Morrisey ordered flags to half-staff.
John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV, former West Virginia governor and U.S. senator, died Friday at 89, West Virginia Watch and CNBC reported1,3.
CNBC said he died at his home in Washington3.
A New York-born heir to the Standard Oil fortune, he came to West Virginia in 1964 as a VISTA anti-poverty worker, was elected governor in 1976 and served in the Senate from 1985 to 20151,2.
He was a lead author of the Children's Health Insurance Program and a supporter of the 2010 Affordable Care Act1,2.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey, a Republican, ordered U.S. and West Virginia flags at state facilities to half-staff through sunrise Nov. 132.
Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice and former colleagues issued tributes spanning party lines1,2.
The United Mine Workers credited him with the 1992 Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act2.
He is survived by his wife, Sharon, four children and nine grandchildren, West Virginia Watch reported1.
Sources
How it’s being reported
3 sourcesFormer WV US Sen. Rockefeller, ‘a compassionate, decent, and true leader,’ dies at 89
Career and health-care record.
Watch recapped his path from VISTA worker to governor and senator and CHIP authorship.
Leaves out Flag proclamation dates.
Flags at half-staff after death of former governor and senator Jay Rockefeller
Official mourning and union tributes.
Morrisey ordered U.S. and state flags at half-staff through sunrise Nov. 13.
Jay Rockefeller, heir to famed dynasty and healthcare advocate in U.S. Senate, dies at 89
Place of death.
CNBC said he died Friday at his home in Washington.
Leaves out State flag order.