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Former Gov. Jim Edgar’s funeral service was held at Central Baptist Church on Sept. 20 after his casket lay in state at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. The two-term Republican governor, who ...

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CHICAGO — Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, a popular two-term Republican credited with guiding the state into a period of greater financial stability in the 1990s, died Sunday, according to his family.

Jim Edgar, a former Illinois governor who has gone down as one of the most successful and popular politicians in the state's history, has died. Edgar died on Sunday from complications of pancreatic ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar has died at the age of 79 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his family announced Sunday. He served as the state's governor from 1991 to 1999.

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Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar has died at the age of 79. Edgar, who served two terms as Illinois’ governor in the 1990s, announced that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year.

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, a moderate Republican who led the state from 1991 to 1999, died Sunday in a Springfield hospital. Edgar died from complications of his treatment for pancreatic cancer.