US Representative Elijah Cummings dies at 68

ISTANBUL

U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings has died early Thursday at the age of 68, according to his office.

Cummings, a longtime Baltimore congressman in the state of Maryland, passed away at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to “complications concerning longstanding health challenges,” his office said in a short statement.

He was one of the key figures in the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump.