New Jersey’s Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, who was executing her duties as governor while Gov. Phil Murphy is vacationing in Italy, has died.
Olivier had been admitted to the Cooperman Barnabas Medica.
New Jersey’s Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, who was executing her duties as governor while Gov. Phil Murphy is vacationing in Italy, has died.
Olivier had been admitted to the Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J., and was said to be “unable to discharge the duties of acting governor at this time,” according to a statement by Communications Director Mahen Gunaratna on Monday.
It is not yet known why she was hospitalized. A cause of death has not been released. She was 71 years old.
FACT-O-RAMA! As per the New Jersey Constitution, State Senate President Nick Scutari assumed the duties of governor when Oliver was hospitalized, and will remain in charge until Murphy returns.
