Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin W. Edwards. (File photo) Edwin Washington Edwards, the high-living four-term governor whose three-decade dominance of Louisiana politics was all but overshadowed by scandal and an eight-year federal prison stretch, died this morning. He was 93. Edwards died of respiratory problems with family and friends by his bedside,
Former Gov. Edwin Edwards, who knew power and prison, dies at 93
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