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Jim Jordan

Birth name	James Jordan
Born	November 16, 1896(1896-11-16) Peoria, Illinois
Died	April 1, 1988 (aged 91) Beverly Hills, California
Show	Fibber McGee and Molly
Style	Comedy
Country	United States
Spouse(s)	Marian Jordan (1918–1961; her death) Gretchen Stewart (1962–1988; his death)

James "Jim" Jordan (November 16, 1896 – April 1, 1988) was the actor who played Fibber McGee in Fibber McGee and Molly, and the albatross, Orville, in Disney's The Rescuers (1977).

Biography

He died in 1988 at the Beverly Hills Medical Center from a blood clot in his brain caused by a fall at his home at age 91.^[1]

References

^ Associated Press in the New York Times. "Jim Jordan, who delighted audiences for two decades as the well-meaning but bumbling Fibber McGee in the classic radio show Fibber McGee and Molly, died today at the Beverly Hills Medical Center. He was 91 years old. Mr. Jordan had been hospitalized for more than a week, in a coma with a blood clot in his brain caused by a fall at his home, according to a family friend, the radio and television performer Fran Allison. Mr. Jordan never regained consciousness after the accident."