Ex-New Jersey Gov. Byrne, too ethical for mobsters, dies

Posted: Thursday, January 4, 2018 7:04 pm | Updated: 7:32 pm, Thu Jan 4, 2018.

Former two-term Gov. Brendan Byrne, who mobsters said was too ethical to be bribed and who authorized the law permitting gambling in Atlantic City, has died at age 93.

Byrne, a Democrat, died Thursday at a home in Livingston, his son Tom Byrne said. He suffered an infection that went into his lungs and "was too weak to fight," the son said.

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