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==Death in office==
 
==Death in office==
 
Scott died at the age of sixty-seven of a heart attack<ref>{{cite web|url=
 
Scott died at the age of sixty-seven of a heart attack<ref>{{cite web|url=
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http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2015/04/22/caddo-district-attorney-charles-scott-found-dead/26178277/|title=Update: Caddo DA Charles Scott died of heart disease|date=April 23, 2015|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=Maya Lau|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref> in the Cook Hotel in  Baton Rouge, where he was on DA and legislative business. His heart condition had been undiagnosed. An autopsy was performed by his friend, Caddo Parish Coroner Dr. Todd Gary Thoma (born June 1957).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myfoxal.com/story/28879480/caddo-coroner-heart-disease-led-to-death-of-caddo-da|title=Caddo coroner: Heart disease led to death of Caddo DA|publisher=WBRC (Fox) from KSLA-TV|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref> Scott was the first DA in Louisiana to die in office since Terry Reeves (1946-2005) committed [[suicide]] in Winn Parish.<ref name=mlau/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wesawthat.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html|title=Web site hit for critizing Winn DA candidate|author=Jim Leggett|date=March 31, 2006|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=May 17, 2015}}</ref>
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http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2015/04/22/caddo-district-attorney-charles-scott-found-dead/26178277/|title=Update: Caddo DA Charles Scott died of heart disease|date=April 23, 2015|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=Maya Lau|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref> in the Cook Hotel in  Baton Rouge, where he was on DA and legislative business. His heart condition had been undiagnosed. An autopsy was performed by his friend, Caddo Parish Coroner Dr. Todd Gary Thoma (born June 1957).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myfoxal.com/story/28879480/caddo-coroner-heart-disease-led-to-death-of-caddo-da|title=Caddo coroner: Heart disease led to death of Caddo DA|publisher=WBRC (Fox) from KSLA-TV|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref> Scott was the first DA in Louisiana to die in office since [[Terry Reeves]] committed [[suicide]] in Winn Parish.<ref name=mlau/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wesawthat.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html|title=Web site hit for critizing Winn DA candidate|author=Jim Leggett|date=March 31, 2006|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=May 17, 2015}}</ref>
    
Services were held on April 27, 2015 at the Broadmoor [[Baptist]] Church in Shreveport, where he and retired Judge Jeffrey Victory, his former opponent, have been long-term members. Later in 2015, Scott was posthumously inducted into the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=charles-rex-scott&pid=174704388&fhid=10218|title=Judge Charles Rex Scott, II|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref>
 
Services were held on April 27, 2015 at the Broadmoor [[Baptist]] Church in Shreveport, where he and retired Judge Jeffrey Victory, his former opponent, have been long-term members. Later in 2015, Scott was posthumously inducted into the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=charles-rex-scott&pid=174704388&fhid=10218|title=Judge Charles Rex Scott, II|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref>
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