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Former senator Jay Rockefeller dies at 89

Jay Rockefeller, a former Democratic U.S. senator and West Virginia governor, has died at 89. A great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, he spent a half-century in public service in West Virginia and became a leading voice on healthcare, education and working families. He was married to Sharon Percy Rockefeller, and they had four children.

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