Jay Rockefeller, the great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller who became governor of West Virginia and later a five-term U.S. senator, died Friday, Nov. 6, at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 89.

His death was first reported by The Washington Post . His family did not provide a cause of death, the Post reported, according to Reuters .

Born John Davison Rockefeller IV on June 18, 1937, in New York City, he arrived weeks after the death of his great-grandfather, who had been America’s richest man, Reuters noted.

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