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- Born: July 18, 1979
- Birth place: Nashville, Tennessee
- Climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with John Edwards in 1995
- Died: April 4, 1996
- Buried in Oakwood Cemetery
- Senator Jesse Helms gave a eulogy for Wade Edwards at the U.S. Senate
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Wade Edwards, the eldest son of former Senator John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth, died in a car accident in 1996. Wade Edwards was sixteen years old when the Jeep he was driving was overturned by a gust of wind on a highway near the family's home in South Carolina.
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Inspiration
Shortly after their son's death, John and Elizabeth Edwards founded the Wade Edwards Foundation, whose foremost project is the Wade Edwards Learning Lab (WELL). WELL is a free after-school learning center and computer lab located in Raleigh, North Carolina. Wade Edward's death also cemented his father's decision to enter politics, a topic that John Edwards had often discussed with his son. -
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