Date:23/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/23/stories/2008052353242100.htm

Sport

Hamilton Jordan passes away

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ATLANTA: Hamilton Jordan, a political strategist behind Jimmy Carter’s successful 1976 run to the White House who later became a prominent figure in the world of tennis, has died. Jordan died on Tuesday at his Atlanta home at 63. He led the formation of the men’s professional tennis circuit in the late 1980s. — AP