David Rockefeller, died Monday morning at the age of 101, According to family spokesman Fraser P. Seitel Rockefeller died of congestive heart failure at his home in Pocantico Hills, N.Y.
He leaves a legacy that eludes a simple description. At once the grandchild and heir of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller and a globe-trotting billionaire banker in his own right, Rockefeller also earned a reputation as a prodigious patron of the arts.
In a statement released Monday, former President George W. Bush commended Rockefeller as "one of the most generous philanthropists and brightest Points of Light whose caring and commitment to the widest range of worthy causes touched and lifted innumerable lives."
He leaves a legacy that eludes a simple description. At once the grandchild and heir of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller and a globe-trotting billionaire banker in his own right, Rockefeller also earned a reputation as a prodigious patron of the arts.
In a statement released Monday, former President George W. Bush commended Rockefeller as "one of the most generous philanthropists and brightest Points of Light whose caring and commitment to the widest range of worthy causes touched and lifted innumerable lives."
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