Former F1 team boss Eddie Jordan dies at age 76
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LONDON, March 20 - Former Formula One team boss Eddie Jordan has died of prostate cancer at his home in South Africa, the Irishman's family said on Thursday in a statement. He was 76.
Jordan, who later became a television pundit and entrepreneur, ran his eponymous team from 1991 to 2005.
"EJ brought an abundance of charisma, energy and Irish charm everywhere he went. We all have a huge hole missing without his presence," the family said in the statement.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Gareth Jones)
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