Former Houston mayor and current U.S. Congressman Sylvester Turner has died at the age of 70.
According to Turner's family, the former mayor did attend President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress Tuesday night in Washington, D.C. He was then taken to the hospital but was later released. Turner died at his home in D.C. early Wednesday morning from "enduring health complications."
"Congressman Turner was the consummate public servant. But to us, he was our beloved father, grandfather, sibling, and relative," the family said in the statement.
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