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  He was married to Marie (née McCarthy), an Irish former basketball player. The couple married in 1979 and had four children. They had homes in Cape Town, South Kensington (London) and Monaco, where Jordan kept his yacht.
  
  He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 2000.
  
  In December 2024, Jordan announced that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate and bladder cancer earlier in the year. He died peacefully at his home in Cape Town on 20 March 2025, at the age of 76.
  
  He was married to Marie (née McCarthy), an Irish former basketball player. The couple married in 1979 and had four children. They had homes in Cape Town, South Kensington (London) and Monaco, where Jordan kept his yacht.
  
  He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 2000.
  
  In December 2024, Jordan announced that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate and bladder cancer earlier in the year. He died peacefully at his home in Cape Town on 20 March 2025, at the age of 76.