Bernard Hartnett Jr, former Hudson County executive, 91
Updated Dec 24, 2020;
Posted Dec 24, 2020
Enjoying cocktail hour at the 1995 Night on Broadway gala for the Garden State Cancer Center at the Parsippany Hilton are, from left to right: Dr. Franklyn Gerard, Cancer Center Board of Trustees Member; Congressman Robert Roe, D-8; and Bernard Hartnett, Cancer Center Board of Trustees chairman. (Star-Ledger file photo)Frank Conlon
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Bernard Michael Hartnett Jr., an active member of the New Jersey political and legal scenes and a former interim Hudson County executive, died Tuesday at his summer home in Avon-by-the-Sea. He was 91.
Hartnett, a graduate of St. Peter’s Prep and St. Peter’s College, earned his law degree from Seton Hall University. He worked as a lawyer for decades, including stints with the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company and Western Electric Company.