Refresh for updates…Tributes are pouring in following the news of the death of distinguished actor James Earl Jones.
Widely regarded as one the world’s great stage and screen actors, Jones passed away this morning at his home in Dutchess County, NY at the age of 93.
Jones, among the few entertainers to attain EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) status, is also well known as the voice of Star Wars villain Darth Vader and The Lion King’s Mufasa.
He made his big-screen debut in Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) but burst into the national spotlight as America’s first Black heavyweight champion in The Great White Hope, for which he received an Oscar nomination. RELATED: Remembering James Earl Jones: A Life & Career In Photos Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, son of Jones’ Darth Vader in Star Wars, remembered Jones, writing on X, “#RIP dad.” LeVar Burton also was among the first to pay tribute to Jones. “James Earl Jones…there will never be another of his particular combinations of graces.” Colman Domingo remerbered Jones on X, writing “Thank you dear James Earl Jones for everything.
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