Longtime N.J. zoo owner dies at 92
Updated Jan 28, 2021;
Posted Jan 27, 2021
Fred Space in 1996 posing at his family s zoo with a coatimundi, an animal native to Central and South America.Jim Pathe / The Star-Ledger
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The family-owned zoo became his forever home.
Space, 92, died on Monday, the zoo announced in a Facebook post that prompted an outpouring of sympathy and reminiscences. The cause of death was not disclosed.
Space was a lifelong resident of Wantage and, according to his obituary, was working at the 100-acre zoo until the end. His son, Assemblyman Parker Space, R-24th District, is among the family members carrying on the tradition at the zoo.