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The Documentary The Last Dance covers basketball legend Michael Jordan career

A celebrated documentary about basketball star Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls helped "shine a light" on The Legacy of professor killed in Beirut.

Malcolm Kerr in 1984 murder of fellow team members was discussed at The Last Dance with his son Steve in a Jordan.

Prof Kerr, the daughter of Cambridgeshire councillor Susan van De Ven , said The Show was "extremely Generous . to explore My Father 's legacy".

also, Jordan covered the death of the father.

Mrs van De Ven said that your father believed, "The Best American export was education" and the scholarships were created in his memory to a University in Beirut.

Jordan and Kerr played together, though.

Kerr family, including Malcolm (right), Susan (to his left), and Steve stood His Mother , Ann

Prof Kerr was elected President of the American University of Beirut (AUB) in March 1982, shortly before the Israeli invasion in the Lebanon.

He had spent much of his life in the Middle East .

Michael Jordan and Steve Kerr celebrates the Chicago Bulls 1997 Nba Finals win

The University was "unique in the Middle East , across all borders of the political and religious", so Mrs van De Ven , a British citizen, lives in Meldreth.

"knew It was his home-community [even though] he was a real threat to his life," She Said .

He moved to Beirut in August 1982, and was shot and killed in front of his office in January 1984, at the age of 52.

Between 1975 and the early 1990s, a Civil War in Lebanon that killed up to 100,000 people and left much of the country and its economy in ruins

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Mrs van De Ven met the Netherlands-born husband, Hans van De Ven , 1982 while they were students at Harvard University .

they moved to Cambridgeshire in 1988 for his work as a lecturer in Modern Chinese history at the University of Cambridge.

Mrs van De Ven , a Liberal Democrat county councillor, said: "AUB-Mission - and those who believed in our father, in the so-passionately, about the importance of education for the promotion of global understanding and cooperation. "

Susan van De Ven and her brother, Steve Kerr

The Kerr's continue to be connected with the University, with Professor Kerr's widow, Ann Kerr-Adams is a Trustee.

Mrs van De Ven said had helped Last Dance , "shine a light" on their father's legacy.

"[He} was very Generous of you, take you to explore the time, My Father 's legacy that is as timeless, universal importance of education," She Said .

your brother is now in San Francisco .

"I see that My Father , Mrs van De Ven said the values in The Way that My Brother and his role as a Trainer of Compassion and empathy approaches, they provide a team of people who work well together".

"This must be true, even in Real Life . "

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