Today in New Jersey history:
April 26,1946: African-American George Ashby, a sergeant in the Forty-fifth United States Colored Infantry during the Civil War, died at his home in Allentown at the age of 102. Ashby was the last surviving New Jersey Civil War veteran.
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April 26, 1979: Genovese crime family figure Anthony “Little Pussy” Russo was shot to death by fellow Genovese mob members in Long Branch while on an Easter furlough from prison.