New Jersey chooses fourth round of hall of fame members

    January 20, 2011

    New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced today the names of the 13 people to be inducted into the state’s hall of fame.

    The fourth class of inductees includes:

    World War II heroes John Basilone and Admiral William “Bull” Halsey
    novelist Mary Higgins Clark
    jazz great Bucky Pizzarelli
    actor Bruce Willis
    former Jets owner Leon Hess.
    John Travolta
    Queen Latifah
    Tony Bennett
    Martha Stewart
    football greats Franco Harris and Joe Theisman
    former Gov. Brendan Byrne

    We’ll assume this is the only thing Mary Higgins Clark, John Travolta and Queen Latifah have in common.

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