CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Ex-Formula 1 team owner and media personality Eddie Jordan has died, according to a statement by his family to the PA news agency. He was 76.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He ran his own Jordan team in the 1990s and 2000s in F1<\/a> and became a popular pundit on TV after selling the team in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jordan had been undergoing treatment<\/a> for what he had called \u201cquite aggressive\u201d cancer of the bladder and prostate which spread to his spine and pelvis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The family statement said Jordan \u201cpassed away peacefully with family by his side in Cape Town\u201d early Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEJ brought an abundance of charisma, energy and Irish charm everywhere he went. We all have a huge hole missing without his presence. He will be missed by so many people, but he leaves us with tonnes of great memories to keep us smiling through our sorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Irish businessman Jordan operated his own racing team in lower-level series before moving up to F1 in 1991, giving future seven-time champion Michael Schumacher his first race that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other drivers over the years included Damon Hill, who won the 1996 championship with Williams, future Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen, who was third in the championship for Jordan in 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jordan Grand Prix won four races before Jordan sold the team in 2005. Following more sales and name changes since then, the team competes as Aston Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 76-year-old Jordan also acted as the manager for car design great Adrian Newey when he left Red Bull<\/a> for Aston Martin last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n