{"id":3263,"date":"2020-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=3263"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:33:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:33:08","slug":"pearson-jordan-sprinter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=3263","title":{"rendered":"Pearson Jordan, sprinter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/Pearson_Jordan.jfif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-750\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Pearson G. Jordan \u2013a Barbadian sprinter who competed in the men&#8217;s 100 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics \u2013 died on 28 March 2020 from Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jordan competed for the Louisiana State University Tigers from 1976 to 1979. He was part of the championship 4 \u00d7 400 m relay in 1979.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jordan died from complications due to COVID-19 on 28 March 2020, aged 69.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pearson G. Jordan \u2013a Barbadian sprinter who competed in the men&#8217;s 100 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics \u2013 died on 28 March 2020 from Covid-19. &nbsp; Jordan competed for the Louisiana State University Tigers from 1976 to 1979. 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