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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Wed Dec 4, 2013, 09:56 PM Dec 2013

Unemployed ex-con turned $27M Powerball winner dies in community hospice care at age 58

An unemployed ex-con turned $27 million Powerball winner has died in a community hospice care after reportedly losing his mansions, cars, Learjet and moving into a storage shed.
David Lee Edwards whose life was thrust into the public spotlight after going from rags to riches overnight with his monumental 2001 win, died Saturday in Kentucky at the age of 58.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/unemployed-ex-con-turned-powerball-winner-dies-hospice-article-1.1536710#ixzz2mYsExznb

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Unemployed ex-con turned $27M Powerball winner dies in community hospice care at age 58 (Original Post) LiberalElite Dec 2013 OP
Drugs and JP Morgan Turbineguy Dec 2013 #1
I remember when this guy won bigdarryl Dec 2013 #2
 

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts)
2. I remember when this guy won
Wed Dec 4, 2013, 11:06 PM
Dec 2013

In fact it was a 300 million dollar lottery with several people winning.He was on the major news channels at the time of his winning.

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