John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV, the progeny of one of America's most famous and wealthiest families, died on Friday at his home in Washington. He was 89. Rockefeller was married to public television executive Sharon Percy Rockefeller, with whom he had four children. "Jay" Rockefeller IV, who hailed from one of America's most famous and wealthiest families and during three decades in the U.S.