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Associated Press Vernon Jordan appears on CBS's “Face the Nation” in November 1980, six months after an assassination attempt at the Fort Wayne Marriott. Associated Press In this Aug. 22, 1993, photo, President Bill Clinton is consoled by White House adviser Vernon Jordan after Clinton hit a bad shot at Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs, Mass. Previous Next Wednesday, March 03, 2021 1:00 am Civil rights leader Vernon Jordan dies Was 85; survived sniper's bullet at city hotel in 1980 TOM PELLEGRENE JR. | The Journal Gazette Vernon Jordan, the civil rights leader and...

Vernon Jordan, the civil rights leader and former National Urban League president who was nearly slain during a May 1980 shooting in Fort Wayne, has died at age 85.