State officials, friends react to death of Edwin Edwards

Personal friends, state officials, former state officials, even political adversaries are reacting to Monday’s news of the death of former Governor Edwin W. Edwards. Edwards had been slipping for a couple days, but always seemed to rebound, said Leo Honeycutt, a family friend who wrote Edwards biography. “He was still cracking jokes (Sunday) night, while he was still lucid,” Honeycutt said. Thro…