"Vote for the crook; it's important"
Edwin Edwards, Louisiana populist who served 4 terms as governor and 8 years in prison, dies at 93
Former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards, who embodied Louisianas populist era in the late 20th century championing the poor and ushering Black people and women into state government but also facing repeated accusations of corruption before finally being sent to prison for taking bribes died just before 7 a.m. Monday at his home in Gonzales.
He was 93.
The cause of death: respiratory problems that had plagued him in recent years, said Leo Honeycutt, his biographer. Friends and family surrounded his bedside.
A Democrat, Edwards dominated the states politics for 25 years and even enjoyed a brief and spectacular turn in the national spotlight during the 1991 governors race when he faced off against former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke, a Republican. Edwards won 1,057,031 votes, the most ever in a Louisiana gubernatorial election.
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_6c91c6a0-2bf2-11e9-b57a-0f28036ae840.html