[1] He served in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, earning a Purple Heart.
Additionally, the donation supported the expansion of programming and access to the GetWellNetwork patient education and information system via bedside televisions.
This funding has allowed the foundation to expand and present over 340 culturally diverse shows annually, with approximately 75% of these performances selling out.
[13][9] Big3 Entertainment won the right to manage the Mahaffey Theater in 2011[1][14] after promising over $2 million in renovations.
[20] That same year, Edwards negotiated a sale of Mortgage Investors to HomeBancorp,[13] but the deal was never completed.
[20] After the failure of the deal, Mortgage Investors stopped making new home loans and laid off the majority of its staff.
[24] He operated Al Lang Stadium for the city of St. Petersburg, and owns the nearby McNulty Station parking garage and a Rowdies-themed bar and restaurant.
[25] In November 2016, Edwards filed a complaint against the Rowdies' arch-rival, Fort Lauderdale Strikers' holding company, Miami FC, LLC, over money loaned to the struggling club.
A signed promissory note showed that the collateral put up to secure the loans included the team's patents, copyrights, trademarks, rights to use of the name "Fort Lauderdale Strikers" along with other tangible assets.
[26] In May 2017 Edwards was awarded a summary judgment in the case, and after a June 2017 public sale, gained control of the copyrights, trademarks and any rights to the use of the name "Fort Lauderdale Strikers" or any variation for $5,100.