Washington—Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas has died, weeks after taking office. He was 70 years old. Turner also served as Houston's mayor from 2016 until 2024. The city of Houston ...

News of former Houston Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner's death traveled quickly Wednesday as many fellow legislators and public figures posted to social media about Turner’s legacy in Houston.

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 ...

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), died Tuesday night. He was 70. House Minority ...

Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, died Tuesday night at the age of 70, according to top Democrats. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., announced Turner's passing at a House Homeland Security hearing on ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Sylvester Turner, the former mayor of Houston who won election last November to fill late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee's seat in District 18, has died. He was 70.

U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner died Wednesday at home from "enduring health complications," his family said in a statement posted on Turner's campaign website. "Congressman Turner was the consummate ...

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.

Rep. Sylvester Turner has died, according to fellow House Democrats and his office. The first-term Texas Democrat had been elected in 2024 to succeed the late Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee ...

By Clay Risen Sylvester Turner, a former mayor of Houston who was sworn in as a U.S. representative in January, died on Wednesday in Washington. He was 70 and had been in attendance at President ...

Turner began serving in the House in January, filling the seat of the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died in July 2024. The Texas House of Representatives voted unanimously to allow Turner to ...

HOUSTON — Former Houston mayor and current U.S. Congressman Sylvester Turner unexpectedly died Wednesday morning at the age of 70, his family announced. Turner was the proud father of one ...