Calling his impact on the state of Illinois "incalculable," hundreds came to Springfield in Saturday to say their final farewells to former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar. The funeral service was held at ...

SPRINGFIELD — The late former Gov. Jim Edgar was memorialized Saturday as a man whose compassion, integrity, and honesty showed he put people above politics and led Illinois as a model of what ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Services honoring former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar unolded on Saturday morning in Springfield. Edgar, a two-term Republican who served as Illinois’ 38th governor from 1991 to 1999, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar lied in state Friday ahead of being laid to rest this weekend. He died Sunday at the age of 79 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. On Friday, ...

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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 ...

Jim Edgar, the two-term Republican governor who guided Illinois through much of the 1990s with a low-key yet intense persona and a meticulous focus on fiscal matters aimed at preparing the state for ...

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 died at age 79, multiple sources, including NBC Chicago, reported on Sept. 14. Edgar and his wife, Brenda, had been living in Springfield for the past decade or so.