PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Former Rhode Island Gov. Edward DiPrete, who served as the state's chief executive for six years and was later jailed for corruption, has died. He was 91. Robert Murray, DiPrete’s former chief of staff, co nfirmed that the Republican died Tuesday after celebrating his 91st birthday with family.

The state’s 70th governor served from 1985 to 1991, and was sentenced to prison after his third term over corruption charges.

Local leaders are mourning the death of former Gov. Edward DiPrete. Angelina Williams, 28, will serve a minimum of 19 years in prison for her role in the brutal attack on her helpless son Many in the MAGA movement are in a state of anger and disbelief over the Justice Department and FBI’s memo disclosing that there was no evidence of a Jeffrey Epstein “client list” that incriminated powerful people amid his perpetration of child sexual abuse.