Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner, the former mayor of Houston, died suddenly at 70 years old just two months after taking office
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, ABC13 learned Wednesday morning. He was 70.
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.