Sheila Jackson Lee, Houston icon and champion of racial equity, dead at 74. Known as "a fierce champion of the people," the Houston congresswoman's family announced her passing late Friday.

Texas Rep. Sheila Lee Jackson represented Houston in Congress for three decades, warning in June 2024 that "the road ahead will not be easy" as she disclosed a pancreatic cancer diagnosis.

Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic congresswoman from Texas who was an outspoken advocate for Black Americans for decades, has died, according to a statement from her office. She was 74.

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HOUSTON — Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee died at 74, her family announced Friday night. "With incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life she shared with us, we announce the passing ...

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee died at 74, her family announced Friday night. "With incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life she shared with us, we announce the passing of United ...

Jackson Lee was raised in the Jamaica section of Queens in New York City. She was 18 when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, and she once told the Houston Chronicle that it changed her life.

Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Texas who was a leading voice for racial justice and progressive causes during three decades in the House, died on Friday in Houston. She was 74.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a stalwart Democratic congresswoman from Texas, has passed away at the age of 74 following a battle with pancreatic cancer, her family announced on Friday.

Sheila Jackson Lee, outspoken Texas congresswoman, dies at 74. The long-serving Democrat, a champion of African American and women’s rights, announced in June that she had pancreatic cancer.

Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat who during three decades in the U.S. House of Representatives became one of the most prominent Black members of Congress and a ubiquitous champion of African ...