Benjamin Edwards III, who presided over A.G. Edwards as it grew from a St. Louis regional brokerage firm into one of the largest in the nation, died Monday April 20, 2009 of prostate cancer. He was 77. AP Photo logo AP Photo 11 months ago

Benjamin Edwards III, who presided over A.G. Edwards as it grew from a St. Louis regional brokerage firm into one of the largest in the nation, died Monday April 20, 2009 of prostate cancer. He was 77.

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  1. Benjamin 'Tad' Edwards, principal of Benjamin F. Edwards & Co., poses during an interview with Reuters in New York January 25, 2010. A.G. Edwards scion Benjamin "Tad" Edwards said hundreds and hundreds of advisers from the bygone firm are showing interest in joining the second coming of that venerable St. Louis brokerage. Edwards' great-great-grandfather Albert Gallatin Edwards launched that firm, but the legacy ended in May 2007 when A.G. Edwards was sold to Wachovia, an expansionist bank crushed by the credit crunch and snapped up by Wells Fargo & Co in 2008. Picture taken January 25, 2010. To match interview WEALTH/EDWARDS.
  2. Benjamin 'Tad' Edwards, principal of Benjamin F. Edwards & Co., poses during an interview with Reuters in New York January 25, 2010. A.G. Edwards scion Benjamin "Tad" Edwards said hundreds and hundreds of advisers from the bygone firm are showing interest in joining the second coming of that venerable St. Louis brokerage. Edwards' great-great-grandfather Albert Gallatin Edwards launched that firm, but the legacy ended in May 2007 when A.G. Edwards was sold to Wachovia, an expansionist bank crushed by the credit crunch and snapped up by Wells Fargo & Co in 2008. Picture taken January 25, 2010. To match interview WEALTH/EDWARDS.
  3. Benjamin 'Tad' Edwards, principal of Benjamin F. Edwards & Co., poses during an interview with Reuters in New York January 25, 2010. A.G. Edwards scion Benjamin "Tad" Edwards said hundreds and hundreds of advisers from the bygone firm are showing interest in joining the second coming of that venerable St. Louis brokerage. Edwards' great-great-grandfather Albert Gallatin Edwards launched that firm, but the legacy ended in May 2007 when A.G. Edwards was sold to Wachovia, an expansionist bank crushed by the credit crunch and snapped up by Wells Fargo & Co in 2008. Picture taken January 25, 2010. To match interview WEALTH/EDWARDS.
  4. Benjamin 'Tad' Edwards, principal of Benjamin F. Edwards & Co., poses during an interview with Reuters in New York January 25, 2010. A.G. Edwards scion Benjamin "Tad" Edwards said hundreds and hundreds of advisers from the bygone firm are showing interest in joining the second coming of that venerable St. Louis brokerage. Edwards' great-great-grandfather Albert Gallatin Edwards launched that firm, but the legacy ended in May 2007 when A.G. Edwards was sold to Wachovia, an expansionist bank crushed by the credit crunch and snapped up by Wells Fargo & Co in 2008. Picture taken January 25, 2010. To match interview WEALTH/EDWARDS.

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