South Brunswick Mayor Christopher J. Killmurray died Sunday, nearly a year after succeeding the township's longest-serving mayor upon his death.
Killmurray, 55, an attorney and law firm partner, died at home Sunday morning, according to an announcement from South Brunswick Township Manager Bernard Hvozdovic.
Additional information was not immediately available.
South Brunswick Councilwoman Josephine Hochman said Killmurray, a married father of four, was "a really good family man."
"He cared so much about people and he cared about this community. I just really liked him so much, as a person and as a mayor," Hochman said.
Killmurray, a Democrat, was elected to the South Brunswick Council in 2003.
After Mayor Frank Gambatese died in March 2017, just over halfway through his fourth term, Kilmurray was named mayor on April 12.
In November, Killmurray was elected to fill the remaining year of his Gambetese's term, defeating a Republican, John O'Sullivan.
Killmurray received his law degree from Rutgers University and was a partner at the firm of Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas.
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