![Eyewitness News on X: "Vernon Jordan, a civil rights leader and close adviser to former President Bill Clinton, died Monday evening, multiple sources close to the family said. He was 85. https://t.co/vCOfGamiDf # Eyewitness News on X: "Vernon Jordan, a civil rights leader and close adviser to former President Bill Clinton, died Monday evening, multiple sources close to the family said. He was 85. https://t.co/vCOfGamiDf #](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eve9OEnXMAE8xI3.jpg)
Eyewitness News on X: "Vernon Jordan, a civil rights leader and close adviser to former President Bill Clinton, died Monday evening, multiple sources close to the family said. He was 85. https://t.co/vCOfGamiDf #
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![Vernon Jordan and his wife, Ann, arrive for the formal Artist's Dinner honoring the recipients of the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors hosted by United States Secretary of State John F. Kerry at Vernon Jordan and his wife, Ann, arrive for the formal Artist's Dinner honoring the recipients of the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors hosted by United States Secretary of State John F. Kerry at](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2ETYYHB/vernon-jordan-and-his-wife-ann-arrive-for-the-formal-artists-dinner-honoring-the-recipients-of-the-2013-kennedy-center-honors-hosted-by-united-states-secretary-of-state-john-f-kerry-at-the-us-department-of-state-in-washington-dc-on-saturday-december-7-2013-the-2013-honorees-are-opera-singer-martina-arroyo-pianist-keyboardist-bandleader-and-composer-herbie-hancock-pianist-singer-and-songwriter-billy-joel-actress-shirley-maclaine-and-musician-and-songwriter-carlos-santanacredit-ron-sachscnp-usage-worldwide-2ETYYHB.jpg)
Vernon Jordan and his wife, Ann, arrive for the formal Artist's Dinner honoring the recipients of the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors hosted by United States Secretary of State John F. Kerry at
![Howard University Names Law Library in Honor of Civil Rights Activist Vernon Jordan | The Dig at Howard University Howard University Names Law Library in Honor of Civil Rights Activist Vernon Jordan | The Dig at Howard University](https://thedig.howard.edu/sites/thedig.howard.edu/files/newsroom/field/image/Vernon%20Jordan%20Headshot.jpg)