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, the charismatic and combative mayor of Newark for 20 years who presided over a downtown resurgence and pressed to upgrade its blighted neighborhoods, but who was later convicted in a ...

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

Sharpe James began as a reformer. A fiery community organizer from Newark’s South Ward who was evangelistic about what good government should be and how it could be used to resuscitate his city ...

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.

His son John Sharpe James, a former Newark City Council member, confirmed the death but did not provide a cause. The New York Times reported he died at an elder-care center in West Orange, New Jersey.

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

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. — 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 ...

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 ...