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Edwin Edwards’ legacy? It’s complicated

That Edwin Edwards’ fame might have diminished a bit while he was imprisoned became clear on the day of his third wedding in July 2011 — months after his release and just days shy of his 84th birthday — to a 32-year-old woman.

After a private ceremony at a French Quarter hotel, the wedding party walked around the block for lunch at Galatoire’s on Bourbon Street.

“Who is she?” an onlooker asked, thin…

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