Jake Humphrey pays tribute to ‘unimaginable spirit’ Eddie Jordan after F1 legend’s passing following battle with ‘aggressive’ most cancers
Tributes have begun to flood in following the tragic news of Eddie Jordan’s passing after a battle with cancer.
The 76-year-old was diagnosed with bladder and prostate cancer last year and provided a heartbreaking update about the condition just last month.
‘Sorry guys, just a small thing, thank you,’ he said on talkSPORT. ‘I’ve just come out of getting chemotherapy and I’m not 100 per cent together here guys.
‘I’m just not myself at this moment in time. I’m a little all over the place, so please forgive me.’
Jordan, who ran his own team in Formula One between 1991 and 2005 – before continuing to be involved in the sport as a broadcaster for the BBC and Channel 4 – was also the manager of design guru Adrian Newey.
As a hugely influential figure in the Formula One world, there were countless tributes on social media as the desperately sad news broke.
Jake Humphrey (left) has paid tribute to Eddie Jordan (right) after his tragic passing
Jordan ran his own Formula One team from 1991 to 2005 before becoming a BBC pundit
Retweeting a video of Jordan and a number of F1 figures in a comedy skit with Al Murray, Jake Humphrey wrote: ‘On a devastatingly sad and difficult day – this has put a big smile on my face’.
Humphrey then returned to social media to share a longer, touching testimony of the man he shared the screens with covering Formula One.
‘Utterly devastated. EJ has left us. Formula One won’t see the likes of Eddie ever again where a guy with a love for racing can hustle his way into the sport and end up winning races,’ he wrote.
‘More important than race wins though, he won hearts. I will never forget how his face would always light up whenever he saw a Jordan GP jacket, flag or cap… as we traveled the world together years after the team had been sold.
‘His greatest achievements were Mikki, Zoe, Kyle and Zak. His incredible 4 kids who share his spirit. His wife Marie is one of the strongest, most wonderful women I have ever met.
‘The 4 years we spent together hosting F1 on the BBC were greatest of my career. Wing-walking, scooter riding, car driving madness that I know he loved deeply.
‘His incredible spirit and love of life lives on in me, and my children who were lucky enough to meet him and hear all about him.
‘Eddie lit up a room whenever he entered it. That is a lesson for us all – be the light in the room.
‘I was lucky enough to share one final, cherished meal with him and his boys a few months ago. It was special. We talked about me doing one final interview with him. Sadly that will never happen.
‘As I left his final words were “I love you brother”. One of the 3 Amigos is gone. The world seems a little less bright this morning.
‘Farewell friend. Play the spoons up there for me,’ with three love hearts.
Jordan and Humphrey were part of the BBC’s Formula One coverage together for four years, along with former F1 driver David Coulthard.
