HOUSTON — Former Houston mayor and current U.S. Congressman Sylvester Turner has died at the age of 70, according to current Houston Mayor John Whitmire. Whitmire announced Turner's passing at ...

Sylvester Turner, a Democratic congressman and former mayor of Houston, has died at the age of 70. Turner died peacefully Wednesday, according to a statement from his congressional office.

(CNN) — Sylvester Turner, a Democratic congressman and former mayor of Houston, has died at the age of 70. Turner died peacefully Wednesday, according to a statement from his congressional office.

Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner, the former mayor of Houston, died suddenly at 70 years old just two months after taking office Meredith Kile is a Digital News Writer-Editor at PEOPLE. She has been an ...

U.S. Congressman and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has died at the age of 70. He was taken to the hospital on Tuesday night and then released. His family says he passed away on Wednesday ...

He was 70.Linda Brown, a spokesperson for Turner ... in public service and spent decades fighting for the people of Houston,” Jeffries said in a statement.Turner was elected in November ...

D.C., the Houston Chronicle reported. He was 70. The Democrat’s death, two months into his first term in Congress, was announced Wednesday morning by current Houston Mayor John Whitmire during a ...

Sylvester Turner, a Harvard-trained lawyer whose 36-year political career included being a state legislator representing a predominantly Black district in Houston, then mayor of that city and ...