Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, died late Tuesday night hours after attending President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress. He was 70 years old.

Turner’s death was confirmed by Houston Mayor John Whitmire and former Democratic National Committee chairman Jaime Harrison.

Whitmire, who succeeded Turner as mayor of Houston, reportedly announced the congressman’s passing at the beginning of Wednesday’s City Council meeting, adding that Turner was taken to a Washington, D.C., hospital before being pronounced dead.

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