Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner, the former mayor of Houston, died suddenly at 70 years old just two months after taking office

Turner's unexpected passing comes months after the 70-year-old was elected to replace Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who also died in office in July.

Calling him a friend and public servant, Houston Mayor John Whitmire announced the death of former mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner during a City Council meeting on Wednesday.

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.

Former Houston mayor and current U.S. Congressman Sylvester Turner, who ran for the seat once held by the late Sheila Jackson Lee, has died.Houston Mayor John Whitmire made the announcement at the beginning of Wednesday's city council meeting.

Turner’s death comes two months into his first term representing Texas’ 18th Congressional District, the seat long occupied by former U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who also died in office last year amid a battle with pancreatic cancer.

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.

Sylvester Turner and Sheila Jackson Lee worked together as friends and colleagues. Here's how the represented Houston together.

Sylvester Turner served two terms as mayor before winning Texas' Congressional 18th district last November, a seat once held by late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.

Turner was elected in November to fill the seat left vacant after the passing of former Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee,

Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner, the former mayor of Houston, passed away suddenly at the age of 70, just two months after joining Congress.

Sylvester Turner, a Democratic congressman and former mayor of Houston, has died, according to Houston Mayor John Whitmire. He was 70.