Jay Rockefeller dies at 89
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HuffPost ↗ — Headline notes “Former U.S. Senator From Famous Oil Family”; body excerpt stresses “West Virginia’s longest-serving senator” and lists work on “cybersecurity infrastructure, consumers’ rights and coal miners’ safety.”; Excerpt quotes Republican tributes and Manchin’s line that Rockefeller was adopted “as a true West Virginian.”HuffPost — Headline notes “Former U.S. Senator From Famous Oil Family”; body excerpt stresses “West Virginia’s longest-serving senator” and lists work on “cybersecurity infrastructure, consumers’ rights and coal miners’ safety.”; Excerpt quotes Republican tributes and Manchin’s line that Rockefeller was adopted “as a true West Virginian.”
Washington Times ↗ — Headline calls him “descendant of oil titan”; summary frames death as ending “legacy as a liberal voice in Appalachia and American politics.”Washington Times — Headline calls him “descendant of oil titan”; summary frames death as ending “legacy as a liberal voice in Appalachia and American politics.”
Jay Rockefeller, Former U.S. Senator From Famous Oil Family, Dies At 89
He was West Virginia's longest-serving senator.
Jay Rockefeller, descendant of oil titan, dies at 89
John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV, a great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, died at 89, leaving a legacy as a liberal voice in Appalachia and American politics.