Vernon Jordan, civil rights leader and close ally of Bill Clinton, dies

By Jamie Gangel and Dan Merica, CNN 11 mins ago

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Vernon Jordan, a civil rights leader and close adviser to former President Bill Clinton, died Monday evening, multiple sources close to the family tell CNN. He was 85.

The former president of the National Urban League rose to prominence as a civil rights activist with close connections in all corners of American politics, working with presidents from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama