Former Newton Mayor Dies At 55

NEWTON, MA — Former Mayor Setti Warren died this weekend, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller announced.

The 55-year-old died unexpectedly at his Newton home on Sunday, Nov. 2. Warren served as the city’s leader from 2010 to 2018. His tenure included heavy investment in the school district and work to reduce the carbon footprint and make the city’s operations more eco-friendly. Warren was also the first elected Black American to serve as mayor in Massachusetts.

Fuller expressed her sympathies for Warren’s wife, Tassi, his children, Abigail and John, and the rest of Warren’s family.

“He conscientiously and deliberately served residents in all 13 villages of Newton and continuously worked across divides,” Fuller said about Warren. “Setti was charismatic. His smile lit up a room. He drew people to him and turned their energy into positive action. It makes total sense both that he was Class President at Newton North for four years and Student President at Boston College.”

At the time of his death, Warren worked as the Director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School.

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