Celebrity Parent Murders: The Brutal Murder of Michal Jordan’s Father, James R. Jordan Sr.

How James R. Jordan Sr. was brutally murdered in cold blood.

Ana Coughlin
3 min readMar 10, 2021
Credit to the New York Times

Michael Jordan is perhaps the greatest basketball player of all time. He is a gold medal Olympic athlete, businessman, and celebrity. He dominated basketball from the 1980s to the 1990s.

Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships and won the most valuable player six times. Throughout his lengthy career, he accumulated over one billion dollars.

You don’t have to know basketball to know who Micheal Jordan is.

He is an icon and a legend.

The Heartache and the Murder

But, Micheal has also known great heartache in his lifetime. His father, James Jordan Sr., was the victim of murder.

His father was his best friend and mentor throughout his entire life.

In South Carolina on July 23, 1993, James Jordan, after driving back from a friend’s funeral, parked his red expensive Lexus car so he could sleep in a rest center for the night.

Two men who were out looking to rob someone decided that they were going to carjack the vehicle. But upon hearing a noise, James woke up and…

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Ana Coughlin

Loves the Beach. Loves to Read. Writing is not a hobby, but a passion.