Edwin Edwards, picaresque Louisiana governor who went to prison, dies at 93
by Associated Press in New Orleans from on (#5M3Q0)
Edwards dominated Louisiana politics for three decades and won race against David Duke saying Vote for the crook - it's important'
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 on Monday. He was 93.
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