Home Article American journalist and commentator Elise Jordan still remembers her late husband, late journalist, Michael Hastings: See Their Painful Story

American journalist and commentator Elise Jordan still remembers her late husband, late journalist, Michael Hastings: See Their Painful Story

Updated On 11 Mar, 2019 Published On 14 Mar, 2018
American journalist and commentator Elise Jordan still remembers her late husband, late journalist, Michael Hastings: See Their Painful Story

American journalist and commentator Elise Jordan still remembers her late husband. Jordan is better known as the wife of American journalist Michael Hastings who died in June 2013 in a car accident in Los Angeles.

It's been five long years since the and it's time to knows whether Jordon has moved on in her life with someone special or has she already married secretly? Let's get the fact!!!

The Daily Beast Contributor Elise Jordan's Life After Her Husband's Death: Still Moving On

Elise Jordan still mourns the loss of her beloved husband. Her husband Michael Hastings death was a devastating moment that scarred her for life.

Following Hastings tragic death, the media and conspiracy theorists showed a great interest in the story. Elise Jordan, however, explains that her husband's death was just a 'tragic accident' and not a conspiracy like most believe.

Elise Jordan is most probably single at present
Source: FAU

Well, it's almost been 5 years and Jordan is gradually overcoming the heartbreaking incident. We can say, Jordan is a courageous lady who has moved on in her life. The journalist still hasn't been in a new love life at present.

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She's living a happy life with her family members and the memories of her beloved husband.

Elise Jordan's Married Life with Michael Hastings

MSNBC political analyst, Elise Jordan was married to the late journalist and contributing editor of Rolling Stone, Michael Hastings almost two years before his tragic death. Hastings was also the reporter for BuzzFeed.

Hasting and Jordan married on 21 May 2011 in Hernando, Mississippi. The marriage, however, was short-lived as Hastings died at an early age in a single-vehicle automobile crash in his Mercedes C250 Coupé.

Elise Jordan and Michael Hastings attending an event
Source: Time Magazine

Jordan explained facts about her untimely demise of her husband and said,

"I have no doubt that he was pursuing a hot story. He always had at least five hot stories going — that was Michael. My gut here is that it was just a really tragic accident and I’m very unlucky and the world is very unlucky."  

As stated by witnesses, Hastings body was burned beyond recognition. The cause of his death stated was a massive blunt force trauma constituting with a high-speed crash. I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story.

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Hasting became internationally renowned after he covered the terror-stricken Iraq War and his fiance, journalist Andrea Parhamovich was also killed during that war. In remembrance of his lost fiance', he wrote a memoir,  in 2008.

Hastings also received several honors and awards including George Polk Award for "The Runaway General" (2010) and Norman Mailer Prize for Distinguished Journalism.

Below is the video of Michael Hastings's wife, Elise Jordan talking about his death on Piers Morgan show!

Though he is no more with us, Hastings's work is still praised in the media by famous celebs such as Christopher Hayes, Rachel Maddow, and his colleagues at Buzzfeed.

Elise Jordan: Quick Facts

Source: Puzzups
  • She works as a journalist, political speechwriter, and commentator.
  • She is American Nationality; belongs to white ethnicity.
  • She dedicated herself as the director for communications in the National Security Council from 2008-2009.
  • She also served in the White House Office of Presidential Speechwriting at the U.S. Embassy, Iraq, and Baghdad.
  • She also served as MSNBC Political Analyst in January 2016.
  • Elise has more than 1k followers on Instagram as of 2018.

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