Former Houston Mayor and Democratic Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner passed away at age 70, officials confirmed Wednesday. Houston Mayor John Whitmire confirmed Turner's death during a city council meeting.

At the request of family members, Houston Mayor John Whitmire has extended an invitation to the public to pay their respects to former mayor and congressman Sylvester Turner. Turner died Wednesday at the age of 70.

Former Houston Mayor and U.S. Rep Sylvester Turner will lie in state at Houston City Hall March 11, the City of Houston announced Friday. The news was first reported by and KHOU and FOX26. Turner, who was 70,

The Supreme Court on Wednesday voted 5-4 to deny President Donald Trump's emergency bid to avoid paying nearly $2 billion in foreign aid funds. Whitmire announced Turner's death Wednesday morning. He was 70.

Houston's former mayor, Congressman Sylvester Turner, passed away at 70 years old, Mayor John Whitmire announced during a council meeting on Wednesday. Whitmire told the council that Turner was in Washington D.

Mayor John Whitmire announced Turner’s passing before the start of Wednesday’s city council meeting. Turner was in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday working.

The cause of death is unclear. Turner took office weeks ago, filling the seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.

Tributes have been pouring in for Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas since he died after attending President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress.

Shock, dismay, and heartbreak are some of the ways Houston area leaders and Texas politicians from both sides of the aisle are reacting to the sudden passing of Congressman Sylvester Turner, former mayor of Houston.