Former LA Governor Edwin Edwards (D) has died

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Sad news to bring to the Sietch family. Former LA Governor Edwin Washington Edwards (D), who served a record 16 years as the Pelican State's chief executive from May 9th, 1972 to March 10th, 1980; March 12th, 1984 to March 14th, 1988 & again from January 13th, 1992 to January 8th, 1996, has passed away at 7:00 AM CST in his residence in Gonzales, LA surrounded by family & friends. The cause of death was respiratory problems.

Edwin Edwards - Wikipedia

With the passing of EWE, this leaves Bobby Jindal (R) as the only former LA Governor left.

 

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Here's some of the breaking news alerts from earlier this morning:

 

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LPB's archived videos section on their website included EWE's inauguration to historic 3rd term from Monday, March 12th, 1984 inside the LA House of Representatives chambers of the LA State Capitol:

Here's Part 1:

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Part 2:

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