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- Albert Coutinho, a former New Jersey assemblyman, died in a two-car collision in Newark on March 29, 2026, after suffering a fatal heart attack at the scene.
- He was a prominent figure in Newark's Portuguese community and organizer of the Newark Portugal Day Festival.
- In 2013, he resigned after embezzling $32,500 from his family’s charity, later being pardoned by Governor Phil Murphy.
- Murphy and fellow politicians expressed condolences.
