Frank Lautenberg Dies

Their political battles were the stuff of legend. U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg died Monday at the age of 89 and in an impromptu eulogy at the Governor's Conference for Women yesterday, Gov. Chris Christie acknowledged the very public and long-running feud, but he also remembered Lautenberg as a fighter and praised him for the life he led.

New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez remembered his "colleague, good friend and ally" Frank Lautenberg in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Monday afternoon.

The backroom political maneuvers have already begun following the death today of U. S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's scheduled speech at the New Jersey Women's Conference in Trenton turned into a eulogy for United States Senator Frank Lautenberg.

Their long-running war of words has been well documented, but that doesn’t mean Gov. Chris Christie isn’t saddened by the passing today of U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg. Christie was supposed to speak this morning about the role of women in government at the Governor’s Conference for Women, but instead he spoke exclusively about Lautenberg. Other New Jersey leaders are responding as well. Read Mor

New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg has died at the age of 89. Lautenberg's office confirms the oldest member of the United States Senate died early this morning at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell from complications from  viral pneumonia.

United States Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey died Monday at the age of 89. Read reaction to his death from Washington, New Jersey and social media.