Sad news from Scranton this morning, Former Scranton Mayor Jim Connors has died at the age of 77. Connors worked as Scranton's Director of Community Development for four years prior becoming mayor in 1990, and served 3 terms as the 28th Mayor of Scranton. In 2003, then Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell appointed Connors as the deputy director of his Northeastern Pennsylvania office. Connors retired from the position at the end of 2009 to focus on his family and volunteer work. Jim Connors, former Mayor of Scranton is dead at the age of 77. No word on a cause of death.