James Raymond Jordan Sr. was an American mechanic who fathered basketball player Michael Jordan, and was the paternal grandfather of basketball players Jeffrey Jordan and Marcus Jordan.
James r Jordan Sr: Documentary| Death Cause| How did die
Documentary:
Two men are serving life sentences in prison for the death of Michael Jordan’s father, James, in 1993. One has maintained his innocence, and the other is now under review for parole.
Larry Demery, who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of James Jordan, has been granted parole and is scheduled to be released on Aug. 6, 2023.
In 1993, Michael Jordan was on top of the basketball world. He had won three straight N.B.A. championships with the Chicago Bulls and an Olympic gold medal with the heralded Dream Team. There seemed to be no ceiling to his fame. And with him every step of the way was the person he considered his closest confidant, his father, James Jordan.
Death cause:
Two young men, close acquaintances with criminal records, were charged with murder: Larry Martin Demery and Daniel Andre Green, who the authorities at the time said had used a phone from Jordan’s Lexus and had been connected to recent robberies. Demery was 17 at the time of his arrest and Green was 18.
The death devastated Michael Jordan, and two months later he retired from the N.B.A. for the first time — causing a seismic shock in the sports world.
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
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| Resting place | Rockfish AME Church Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Ray Jordan |
| Education | Charity High School |
| Known for | Father of Michael Jordan |
How did die:
The messy details are fully reckoned with on screen at last in Moment of Truth: the Killing of James Jordan, a five-part docuseries that premieres on Amazon’s IMDb TV on Friday.
The series starts in the summer of 1993, when James Jordan went missing for three weeks before his body was discovered in a South Carolina creek. Jordan was believed to have been shot to death as he napped on the side of a North Carolina highway while driving home from a funeral in the small hours of 23 July.
| Born |
James Raymond Jordan
August 1, 1936 Wallace, North Carolina, U.S.
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|---|---|
| Died | July 23, 1993 (aged 56) |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
