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![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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