Former West Virginia governor and senator Jay Rockefeller dies at 89

Jay Rockefeller, a former Democratic governor and senator of West Virginia, died at age 89 at his Washington, D.C. home. Throughout his thirty-year senatorial career, he championed national security, tax reform, social welfare, and healthcare. As a rare Democrat in a wealthy Republican family, Rockefeller helped provide health insurance to millions of low-income children. His family has not disclosed the cause of death for the politician who served West Virginia for several decades.