James Earl Jones dies at 93.
Yesterday, the actor’s agent, Barry Macpherson, revealed that Jones died in the early hours of the morning surrounded by his family. Most people know the actor as the incredibly ominous voice of Star Wars’ most iconic villain, Darth Vader, and as the voice of Mufasa in the original The Lion King and its 2019 remake. Voice acting, but beyond that his career has been quite extensive.
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Not only is his performance highly regarded by fans, Jones is also an extremely rare EGOT winner, meaning that over the course of his career, he has won at least one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award. In fact, the actor has won three Emmy Awards and three Tony Awards, including a Grammy for Spoken Word and an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement awarded to him in 2011. Black person. Jones, who racked up nearly 200 screen credits in his 60-year career, began with Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 classic Dr. Stangelov or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Fall in love with the bomb”.
After news of Jones’ death broke, several other actors paid tribute to him, including Mark Hamill, who played Darth Vader’s son Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars,” who wrote “RIP” with a heartbroken emoji. dad”. “Field of Dreams” co-star Kevin Costner said: “That booming voice. That quiet strength. The kindness he radiated. There’s so much that can be said about his legacy, so I’ll just say How grateful I am that Field’s dream was included.
