New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver dies a day after being hospitalized for undisclosed medical issue

Oliver, 71, was taken to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston on Monday, according to Murphy’s spokesperson Mahen Gunaratna. Gunaratna said Oliver was receiving “medical care,” but declined on Tuesday to elaborate further.

New Jersey Democratic State Committee Chairman LeRoy J. Jones, Jr., also released a statement following Oliver's death calling her an"exemplary role model for Black women and girls throughout our state." Oliver attended the Newark Public Schools system and graduated cum laude from Lincoln University. She received her Master of Science Degree in Community Organization, Planning and Administration from Columbia University, and has gone on to receive doctorates of humane letters from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Lincoln University, Montclair University and Berkeley and Essex County Colleges.

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