Former System 1 boss Eddie Jordan has handed away on the age of 76.
The ex-team proprietor and famend TV pundit who was famed for his charisma has died after a battle with prostate most cancers.
His household mentioned that he handed away within the early hours of this morning (20 March).
In a press release asserting Jordan’s loss of life, his family members mentioned: “It’s with profound disappointment that we announce the passing of Eddie Jordan OBE, the ex-System 1 staff proprietor, TV pundit and entrepreneur.
“He handed away peacefully with household by his facet in Cape City within the early hours of 20 March 2025.”
In December final yr, Jordan introduced that he had been present process remedy for an ‘aggressive’ type of bladder and prostate most cancers.
He defined on the time: “I used to be identified with bladder and prostate most cancers, after which it unfold into the backbone and the pelvis, so it was fairly aggressive.
“We have all heard about our great pal, Sir Chris Hoy… and he’s popping out and speaking about sicknesses like what I’ve acquired, however he is a far youthful man.
“Go and get examined, as a result of in life, you’ve got acquired probabilities.”
Telling followers he had ‘pulled out of it, fortunately’, the Irishman urged different blokes to get their prostates checked.
Jordan, a co-owner of London Irish rugby membership, had been dwelling in South Africa for the previous few months and his most cancers tragically returned.
In February, the founder and former proprietor of Jordan Grand Prix defined he had accomplished one other course of chemotherapy and admitted that he was ‘not 100 per cent collectively’.
Talking on talkSPORT about taking up the London Irish staff and saving them from administration, he instructed listeners: “I am simply not myself at this second in time. I am a bit all over, so please forgive me.”
Host Alan Brazil instructed him ‘to not fear’ whereas including: “I wasn’t going to convey it up. However hear, if we are able to get this out to folks, it is encouraging. Properly executed you.”
Jordan then replied: “I simply had a giant deal of it yesterday, so I am sorry, I am not fairly myself.”
The motorsport star asserted himself as a System 1 legend due to his success as an impartial staff proprietor, successful 4 Grand Prix’s within the staff’s almost 15-year tenure.
He ultimately offered Jordan Grand Prix in 2005, which noticed Jordan flip to the world of TV and start working as a pundit on the likes of BBC Sport and Channel 4.
Jordan’s household continued in a press release: “He was working till the final, having communicated on St Patrick’s Day about his ambitions for London Irish Rugby Soccer Membership, of which he had not too long ago grow to be patron.
“Eddie and Jordan Grand Prix had been recognized for his or her rock and roll picture, bringing a enjoyable and thrilling ingredient to F1, in addition to constantly performing above their weight.
“Many profitable F1 drivers owe their profession breaks to Eddie, and world champions together with Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill drove for him.
“EJ introduced an abundance of charisma, vitality and Irish appeal all over the place he went. All of us have an enormous gap lacking with out his presence.
“He will likely be missed by so many individuals, however he leaves us with tonnes of nice reminiscences to maintain us smiling by our sorrow.”
RIP, Jordan.
