2021 Celebrity Deaths
CBS Miami· 1 hour agoHe was 87-years-olc (Raymond Liu/ABC via Getty Images) Vernon Jordan Vernon Jordan, a civil rights leader and close ...
Injustice in life and oppression in death: How systemic racism shaped George Floyd’s life and...
Washington Post· 1 day agoDuring the 46 years in between, George Perry Floyd came of age as the strictures of Jim Crow...
Bernie Madoff, financier who orchestrated largest Ponzi scheme in history, dies in prison
The Times and Democrat· 1 day agoMadoff pleaded guilty in March 2009 to securities fraud and other charges, saying he was "deeply...
DMX, 50 from Ramsey Clark, DMX, Prince Philip, and other notable people who died in 2021
ABC News· 2 days agoFormer Attorney General Ramsey Clark was a champion for civil rights. Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967, he was the second youngest ever to hold the office. Grammy-nominated rapper ...
"A man in full": Vernon Jordan remembered at memorial service
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe National Urban League held a memorial service on Tuesday to honor civil rights leader Vernon ...
Vernon Jordan remembered for insight, dedication to freedom
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAn emotional former President Bill Clinton eulogized his longtime friend and advisor Vernon Jordan...
Vernon Jordan discusses friendship with Bill Clinton in new Gary Ginsberg book
Axios via Yahoo News· 1 month agoNumerous former aides recall with astonishment how over eight years they never saw or heard Jordan...
Vernon Jordan, U.S. civil rights activist and lawyer, dies at age 85
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 month agoVernon Jordan, who grew up in the segregated South to become an influential leader in the American...
Column: Remembering Vernon Jordan, a different kind of civil rights leader
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAs one who covered Vernon Jordan off and on for several decades, I remember how he defied easy...
Vernon Jordan, Civil Rights Activist Who Advised Former President Clinton, Dead at 85
ET Online via AOL· 1 month agoVernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil...