Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas), the former Houston mayor who won a seat in Congress in November, succeeding the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), died on Tuesday night. He was 70. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.

A United States House of Representatives member, Sylvester Turner, a Democrat from Texas, died Tuesday night. FOX News reports that Turner died at the age of 70, as confirmed by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has died, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said on Wednesday. He was 70. Turner had been in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday and attended President Donald Trump’s address before Congress.