BREAKING: New Jersey Lt. Gov Sheila Oliver, the first Black woman to be speaker of the state's Assembly, has died at 71.
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, who was the first Black woman to serve as speaker of the state's Assembly, has died. She was 71.
No cause of death was given. Murphy said he and his family are distraught at the news. Naming Oliver as his lieutenant governor was, he said in a statement,"the best decision I ever made."
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