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Vernon Jordan, activist, former Clinton adviser, dies at 85

by Jeff MartinErrin Haines
| March 2, 2021 7:03 AM

ATLANTA (AP) — Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer, has died at the age of 85.

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