File photo dated December 2, 2006 -- Ann and Vernon Jordan arrive for the State Department Dinner for the 29th Kennedy Center Honors dinner at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. on Saturday evening, December 2, 2006. Andrew Lloyd Webber, Zubin Mehta, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson and Stephen Spielberg are being honored in 2006 for their contribution to American culture.. - 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/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM