File photo dated December 2, 2017 - Buffy Cafritz, left, Vernon Jordan, center, and Ann Jordan arrive for the formal Artist's Dinner honoring the recipients of the 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors hosted by United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the US Department of State in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, December 2, 2017. The 2017 honorees are: American dancer and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade; Cuban American singer-songwriter and actress Gloria Estefan; American hip hop artist and entertainment icon LL COOL J; American television writer and producer Norman Lear; and American musician and record producer Lionel Richie. - Vernon Jordan, a civil rights icon and adviser to former President Bill Clinton, died on Monday March 1, 2021 at the age of 85. Photo by Ron Sachs/Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM