Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas) died Tuesday night at the age of 70, Fox News learned.
Turner, who was formerly mayor of Houston, Texas, was elected to replace him The late Rep. Shiela Jackson Lee, A person who died in July last year.
Turner served in the Texas House of Representatives for 27 years and was elected mayor of Houston in 2015 and re-elected in 2019.
Turner recently took place on Capitol Hill before the president on Tuesday afternoon Donald Trump’s Speeched by Congress.
The MP was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer in 2022.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries paid tribute to Turner in a statement Wednesday.
Sylvester, as the representative of the 18th Congressional District of Texas, followed by the footsteps of pioneers like Barbara Jordan and our late sister Sheila Jackson Lee, his final message to his beloved voters reminded us of our “Don’t With Medicaid,” which is his final message.
Turner’s office has not issued a statement about the death of a member of Congress.
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