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Former Governor Edwin Edwards rushed to hospital

Sources said Edwards was having breathing problems
Credit: AP
FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, Louisiana Congressional Candidate, former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards addresses the crowd during an election watch party in Baton Rouge, La.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Former Governor of Louisiana, Edwin Edwards, was rushed to a Baton Rouge hospital Friday afternoon.

Sources tell our partners at WBRZ that Edwards was brought to the hospital after reporting breathing problems.

The 93-year-old tested negative for both COVID-19 and Pneumonia.

As a precaution he is being kept overnight.

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