Timothy (Tim) Anderson Jordan II (March 8, 1981 – December 13, 2005) was an American

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, and

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. He was primarily known as a touring member of the

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-selling band,

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band Higgins Switch. After Higgins Switch disbanded in 2002, Tim offered his guitar and keyboard skills to other Christian bands, most notably Green Olive Tree. In 2003, he enlisted in Snapdragon Records'

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band Welton as the band's primary guitarist. Following a year of touring, Jordan parted ways with Welton and joined the band Number One Fan as a musical jack-of-all-trades. Jordan provided

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, keyboards, and

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to Number One Fan's live performances. After successfully touring with Number One Fan throughout 2004, he was recruited by

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, a ''

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'' appearance, and performances on ''

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'' With Jordan on keyboards,

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''. In the fall of 2005, Jordan left

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''. Weeks before Jordan and Jonezetta were set to record ''

'', Jordan was found dead in his hometown of

Camden, Arkansas Camden is a city in and the county seat of Ouachita County, Arkansas, Ouachita County in the south-central part of the U.S. state portals, U.S. state of Arkansas. The city is located about 100 miles south of Little Rock. Situated on bluffs overlo ...

. His death was ruled a

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. On December 22, 2006, a concert in honor of Jordan was held at Juanita's Cantina in Little Rock, Arkansas. Bands/friends of Jordan,

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, Jonezetta, India, and The Evidence performed as part of the event. All profits from the memorial concert were donated to a local suicide prevention organization. In 2007, the band

released a new album, ''

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''. The final track on the album is titled ''Timothy,'' a song written about Jordan's death. In 2008, the band The-All American Rejects released their new album, ''

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''. Their track ''Believe'' was written for "a close friend of the band who passed a few years earlier," said lead singer

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. The lyrics read, "I don't ever want to believe, I don't ever want to believe, yeah, that when we die, we all leave."

References

MTV article mentioning Timothy's suicide
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