NY Times: “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 Trump’s speech on Capitol Hill on Tuesday night.
His press secretary, Gregory Carter, said Mr. Turner had been taken to a hospital after the speech and then returned home, where he died. He said a cause had not been determined.
Mr. Turner, a Democrat, was a veteran of Texas politics. He served in the State Legislature from 1989 to 2016, when he became mayor of Houston. He served two terms before leaving office in January 2024.”