Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas has died, multiple sources tell CBS News, weeks after taking office. He was 70 years old.
Turner also served as Houston’s mayor from 2016 to 2025.
His death appears to have been sudden. Turner attended President Trump’s joint address to Congress, a source said, but at some point he started feeling unwell and went to the hospital. He then went home and collapsed at his apartment, the source said. Another source said the cause of his death is unclear.
Turner won the seat in November after the July death of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.