Us Congressman Sylvester Turner dies at 70

Template:03/05/2025

Texas Democratic US congressman  and former Houston mayor Sylvester Turner has died at 70. The announcement was confirmed by Houston mayor John Whitmire who said Turner,70 passed away at his home in Washington DC the freshman congressman fell ill late Tuesday afternoon in the Cannon House office building and was given correct medical attention and was therefore well enough to attend Donald trumps Presidential address.Linda Brown who is a spokesperson for Turner said the congressman was admitted to a Washington hospital and was later discharged and sent home which is where turner passed. His body remains in Washington and his cause of death has not been released. Turner was a replacement for congresswoman Shelia Jackson Lee who passed away last July from Pancreatic cancer She was 74. Tributes have been pouring in including from House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries who said in a press release.

“The House Democratic Caucus family is shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of Congressman Sylvester Turner. Though he was newly elected to the Congress, Rep. Turner had a long and distinguished career in

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Turner was a Texas state congressman from 1989-2016. In 2015 He was elected Mayor of Houston where he oversaw the responses to several disasters including Hurricane Harvey which was the costliest disaster in the cities history.

The seat he held in Texas’s 18th district is now vacant which gives the republicans a 218-214 majority.