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Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, died Tuesday night at the age of 70, Fox News has learned.
Turner, who previously served as the mayor of Houston, Texas, was elected to replace the late Rep. Shiela Jackson Lee, who died in July of last year.
Turner served 27 years in the Texas House of Representatives, and was elected mayor of Houston in 2015 and again in 2019.
Turner was on Capitol Hill as recently as Tuesday afternoon ahead of President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress.
The lawmaker was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of...
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