Wife of Sen. Jay Rockefeller has cancer

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Sharon Percy Rockefeller Has Cancer

By Associated Press

July 25, 2005, 3:57 PM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Sharon Percy Rockefeller, president of WETA public
television in Washington and former board chairman of the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting, has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer, her
husband, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, said Monday.

Rockefeller said his 60-year-old wife will be undergoing chemotherapy
and radiation treatment for the next three months.

"Sharon is a fighter, and I know she's going to beat this," Jay
Rockefeller said in a statement. "She is a strong and loving person,
and we are fortunate to be surrounded by so many supportive friends and
relatives."

Sharon Rockefeller has served as president and CEO of WETA since 1989.
Before that, she was on the CPB board for 12 years, four years as its
chairman.

She was West Virginia's first lady when Jay Rockefeller was governor
from 1977 to 1985, before he joined the Senate.

Her father is former Illinois Sen. Charles Percy. A Republican, he was
defeated in his bid for a fourth term in 1984, at the same time his
son-in-law, a Democrat, won his first Senate term.

Sharon Rockefeller's twin sister, Valerie Percy, was murdered in the
Percy family's home in 1966, during the time their father was
campaigning for the Senate.

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Did they ever catch who killed her sister?

J.D. Baldwin

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Jul 25, 2005, 9:36:29 PM7/25/05

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In the previous article, <deb...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Did they ever catch who killed her sister?

I thought this was one of those cases where the police pretty well
knew who did it but were unable to come up with enough evidence for
even a good shot at a conviction, so they never made an arrest.
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They also never found the shrunken head of his cousin Michael.

Mark

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> Sharon Percy Rockefeller Has Cancer
>
>
>
> By Associated Press
>
> July 25, 2005, 3:57 PM EDT
>
>
> CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Sharon Percy Rockefeller, president of WETA public
> television in Washington and former board chairman of the Corporation
> for Public Broadcasting, has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer, her
> husband, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, said Monday.
>
> Rockefeller said his 60-year-old wife will be undergoing chemotherapy
> and radiation treatment for the next three months.

> "Sharon is a fighter, and I know she's going to beat this," Jay
> Rockefeller said in a statement. "She is a strong and loving person,
> and we are fortunate to be surrounded by so many supportive friends and
> relatives."

One of the nicest, and most beautiful, women I ever met.

Ray Arthur