James Earl Jones, the man with the booming baritone who won Tonys, Golden Globes, Emmys, Kennedy Center honors and an honorary Academy Award, has died at 93.
Famous to many as the voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa in “The Lion King,” James Earl Jones once lamented:
“I’ve done a King Lear, too! Do the kids know that? No, they have the Darth Vader poster to sign. But it’s OK.”
He earned a best-actor Oscar nomination for the 1970 film adaptation of “Great White Hope,” and also starred in “Conan the Barbarian” (1982), “Coming to America” (1988) and “Field of Dreams” (1989.)
