Former US Senator Jay Rockefeller dies at 89, Washington Post reports

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) – John D. “Jay” Rockefeller IV, who hailed from one of America’s most famous and wealthiest families and during three decades in the U.S. Senate sought expanded healthcare for the poor and excoriated President George W. Bush’s handling of the Iraq war, died on Friday at age 89, the Washington Post reported.

(Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Katharine Jackson)

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