The longest-serving mayor of Newark, Sharpe James, has died at age 89. James served a record five terms, 20 years, as mayor before he was convicted of corruption and sentenced to 27 months in prison.

Sharpe James, the charismatic, longest-serving mayor of Newark whose political accomplishments were marred by a corruption conviction, has died. He was 89. James died Sunday evening, according to ...

Sharpe James, a five-term mayor of Newark, has died. He was 89 years old. James, who served as mayor between 1986 and 2006, died Sunday at an elder care facility in West Orange, according to his ...

Sharpe James was born on Feb. 20, 1936, in Jacksonville, Fla. His father, Louis James, died of pneumonia before Sharpe was born. His unusual first name was the family name of his mother ...

Sharpe James, the charismatic longest-serving mayor of Newark whose political accomplishments were marred by a corruption conviction, died May 11 at 89. His son John Sharpe James, a former Newark ...

James was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on Feb. 20, 1936. His father died of tuberculosis three months before he was born. His mother, Beulah Fluker — who gave her son her maiden name, Sharpe ...

leading high-profile efforts to attract development opportunities to Newark Sharpe James, Newark, New Jersey’s longest-serving mayor, died May 10, CNN reports. He was 89. James served for a ...

NEWARK, N.J. (WPVI) -- The longest-serving mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Sharpe James, has died at age 89. James served a record five terms, 20 years, as mayor before he was convicted of corruption ...