Statement about his death it is with profound sadness and terrible grief that we confirm that mayor edwin m lee passed away on tuesday, december 12 at 1 11 am at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Family and friends and colleagues were at his side. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, two daughters and his family. The board of supervisors president , london breed comment is now the acting mayor of San Francisco. London breed was sworn in early this morning as the new acting lame mayor of San Francisco. Breed was elected in november 2012. She was elected president of the board in 2015. Christien kafton is at San Francisco General Hospital where supervisor breed read a brief statement a little while ago. Reporter london breed redding that statement about 1520 minutes ago. She confirmed what many people had just started to learn. In fact, mayor lee has died at the age of 65 here at theres not a lot of detail at this point but she did read a brief statement in which she conf
Has been there for hours. Many have gathered and heard the news that the mayor was there. Reporter they were here earlier this morning. The shocking news broke and people began learning about his passing. It was a very shocking and surprising moment for many people come unaware of what had happened. And then learning it this morning. There is shock on many peoples faces as we see many staffers here at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. We are starting to get more information about what seems to have happened this morning. We have heard that the mayor came here overnight. We are hearing it was an apparent heart attack. We are waiting to get confirmation on that. We have also heard that when he was attended to by emergency crews, he was awake and alert and communicating with them. He then was brought to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital where we hear that he again, passed away at 1 11 am surrounded by family and colleagues at the hospital. This morning we spoke with tom a
Reporter we are here at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital where there was a large gathering of the mayors family. City officials were here early this morning, apparently by his side when he died. As you said, acting mayor london breed came out around 3 38 am and read a brief statement, similar to the statement emailed out this morning at 2 38 am saying with profound sadness and terrible grief they confirmed that mayor ed lee had passed away this morning at 1 11 am here at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. She said that family and friends were by his side. She said that her thoughts were with the family, his wife and daughters, saying they were by his side when he died this morning. She also confirmed that she had been sworn in as the cities citys acting mayor this morning. We are anticipating more news from a more availability and more information at 10 00. That is when the city said they will speak out next. We can tell you there was a sense of profound sadness here a
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