HOUSTON - Congressman and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has died at the age of 70.

U.S. Rep. Turner was elected to Texas' 18th Congressional District in November. He previously served as a Texas state representative for more than two decades and the mayor of Houston for eight years.

Turner was working in Washington on Tuesday night and was taken to the hospital, where he passed away.

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