Oh, wouldn’t it be great to be a Rockefeller – or at least to be Nelson Rockefeller. Not only did he enter the world with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth, he led an illustrious life full of accomplishments as both a businessman and politician. He then capped off his sweet existence by passing away while engaged in one of life’s most enjoyable activities: he shuffled off the mortal coil while getting it on.
A Charmed Existence and a Life Full of Accomplishments
Aside from the fact that he was born in the lap of luxury, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908 – 1979) was an accomplished figure who did great as both a businessman and politician. He was an undersecretary of state for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, and an undersecretary of Health, Education and Welfare for President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He served as New York’s governor from 1959 to 1973, and then became President Gerald Ford’s vice president from 1974 to 1977.
Back when both the two major parties were still big tents, with significant diversity of views within, Nelson Rockefeller was a liberal Republican. As New York’s governor, he led environmental protection efforts, expanded medical care, and created the New York State Council on the Art. He was so influential that an entire GOP faction of like-minded liberal Republicans came to be known as “Rockefeller Republicans”. His charmed life came to an end on January 26th, 1979, when, as news reports informed the country, the seventy-year-old Nelson Rockefeller succumbed to a heart attack. As seen below, while he technically did pass away because of a heart attack, there were some details the media left out or did not know at the time.
Exiting the World While Getting it On
Early reports of Nelson Rockefeller’s demise stated that he had passed away at his desk in his office in The Rockefeller Center. That was not true. In reality, Rockefeller had died in a townhouse he owned on Manhattan’s West 54th Street, in the company of his aide Megan Marshack, a woman five decades his junior. Apparently, he had called Megan over to his townhouse the previous night, and the two went at it hot and heavy. Too hot and heavy for the septuagenarian billionaire, as it turned out: he had a fatal heart attack while slaking his lust.
Understandably, the Rockefeller family were embarrassed by the manner of Nelson’s demise, and tried to cover up how it happened. They went so far as to deny that Megan Marshack’s had even been present. However, the truth eventually came out. Among other things, the emergency responders who had arrived at the scene described Rockefeller and Marshack as being “in undeniably intimate circumstances”. Given how he shuffled off the mortal, on top of all his life’s accomplishments, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller definitely enjoyed one of history’s more charmed lives.
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Some Sources & Further Reading
History Halls – Politicians Who Couldn’t Keep it in Their Pants: Felix Faure
Persico, Joseph E. – The Imperial Rockefeller: A Biography of Nelson A. Rockefeller (1982)
