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A native of Marksville in Avoyelles Parish in south central Louisiana, Edwards served time in federal prison after his tenure as governor ended. Edwards was found guilty on seventeen of twenty-six counts in relation to the location of a prison in La Salle Parish. The convictions included racketeering, [[extortion]], [[money laundering]], [[mail fraud]] and wire fraud; Stephen Edwards, his son from his first marriage to the former [[Elaine Edwards|Elaine Lucille Schwartzenburg]],<ref name=elaine>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_afea9256-579a-11e8-a8f7-bf13ceaabca2.html|title=Former Louisiana first lady Elaine Edwards dies: Edwin Edwards: 'She was a great asset'|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Tyler Bridges|date=May 14, 2018|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> was convicted on eighteen counts. Elaine Edwards had served from July to November 1972 by her husband's appointment as an interim [[U.S. Senator]] following the death of [[Allen J. Ellender]].<ref name=elaine/>

A native of Marksville in Avoyelles Parish in south central Louisiana, Edwards served time in federal prison after his tenure as governor ended. Edwards was found guilty on seventeen of twenty-six counts in relation to the location of a prison in La Salle Parish. The convictions included racketeering, [[extortion]], [[money laundering]], [[mail fraud]] and wire fraud; Stephen Edwards, his son from his first marriage to the former [[Elaine Edwards|Elaine Lucille Schwartzenburg]],<ref name=elaine>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_afea9256-579a-11e8-a8f7-bf13ceaabca2.html|title=Former Louisiana first lady Elaine Edwards dies: Edwin Edwards: 'She was a great asset'|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Tyler Bridges|date=May 14, 2018|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> was convicted on eighteen counts. Elaine Edwards had served from July to November 1972 by her husband's appointment as an interim [[U.S. Senator]] following the death of [[Allen J. Ellender]].<ref name=elaine/>

Edwards was released from prison in 2011. He soon married his third wife, the former Trina Grimes Scott, who had been his prison pen pal and at the age of thirty-two in 2012 is young enough to be his granddaughter. The couple had a son thereafter and were featured on a short-lived A&E reality show, ''The Governor's Wife'', in 2013.

Edwards was released from prison in 2011. He soon married his third wife, the former Trina Grimes Scott, who had been his prison pen pal and at the age of thirty-two in 2012 is young enough to be his granddaughter. The couple had a son thereafter and were featured on a short-lived A&E reality show, ''The Governor's Wife,'' in 2013.

Edwards went under [[hospice]] care for respiratory problems in July 2021 and died a few days later at the age of ninety-three at his home in Gonzales in Ascension Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-louisiana-gov-edwin-edwards-dead-at-93/ar-AALPwH6|title=Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards dead at 93|publisher=msn.com (WDSU Channel 6 [[NBC]] in [[Baton Rouge])|date=July 12, 2021}}</ref>

Edwards went under [[hospice]] care for respiratory problems in July 2021 and died a few days later at the age of ninety-three at his home in Gonzales in Ascension Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-louisiana-gov-edwin-edwards-dead-at-93/ar-AALPwH6|title=Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards dead at 93|publisher=msn.com (WDSU Channel 6 [[NBC]] in [[Baton Rouge])|date=July 12, 2021}}</ref>