Donald Payne Jr., Democratic Congressman From NJ, Dies at 65
- Had been hospitalized since cardiac episode earlier this month
- Father was New Jersey’s first Black person elected to Congress
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Democrat Donald Payne Jr., a six-term congressman from New Jersey, died Wednesday at the age of 65.
Payne suffered a “cardiac episode” earlier this month related to complications from diabetes, his office announced last week. He had been hospitalized since.