New Jersey mourns congressman Donald Payne Jr. as he lies in state
Donald Payne Jr. followed in his father’s footsteps in death as he had in life, lying in state in the Essex County Historic Courthouse in Newark on Wednesday. Payne Jr., a father of three, and a former Newark city council president and Essex County freeholder — just as his father had been — died April 24 following what his congressional office said was cardiorespiratory arrest linked to diabetes and high blood pressure.