![]() "Former Governor Edwin Edwards in Hospital With Pneumonia". ↑ "Runoff election returns, December 6, 2014".↑ "Ex-Con Ex-Governor Running for Congress".↑ Stanley, Alessandra (October 25, 2013)."A&E Network Premieres 'The Governor's Wife' on Sunday October 27 at 10PM". ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (September 26, 2013).Edwin Edwards considering return to politics". "The Top 50 Longest-Serving Governors of All Time". The cause of death was respiratory failure caused by pneumonia. He died six days later on July 12 at the age of 93. Įdwards was sent to hospice care for pain in his lungs in Gonzales, Louisiana on July 6, 2021. On December 13, 2016, Edwards was hospitalized under stable condition again for pneumonia in Baton Rouge. In 2015, Edwards was hospitalized for pneumonia. Edwards has four children with Elaine and one with Trina. Then he married his current wife, Trina Grimes Scott in 2011. Then he was married to Candace Picou from 1994 until they divorced in 2004. Edwards was married to Elaine Schwartzenburg from 1949 until they divorced in 1989. He studied at Louisiana State University. Personal life Įdwards was born in Marksville, Louisiana. He placed first in the jungle primary, but was crushed by nearly 25 points in the runoff election. In 2014, Edwards ran in the 2014 election to represent Louisiana's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. In 2013, Edwards co-starred, alongside his third wife Trina, in an A&E reality show, The Governor's Wife based on their life together. Without a pardon, Edwards remains ineligible to seek the governorship until 15 years have passed from the end of his sentence. Edwards was released from federal prison in January 2011, after serving eight years. Edwards began serving his sentence in October 2002 in Fort Worth, Texas, and was later transferred to the federal facility in Oakdale, Louisiana. ![]() ![]() In 2001, he was found guilty of racketeering charges and sentenced to ten years in Federal prison. Edwards, who has been dubbed the "very last of the line of New Deal Southern Democrats", was long dogged by charges of corruption.Ĭonviction and imprisonment He was a colorful, powerful and legendary figure in Louisiana politics. He served a total of sixteen years in office, the sixth-longest serving gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. Representative from 1965 to 1972 and as the 50th Governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972–1980, 1984–19–1996), twice as many elected terms as any other Louisiana chief executive. Edwin Washington Edwards (Aug– July 12, 2021) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party.
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