James Earl Jones, the actor whose rich baritone provided the voice for Star Wars villain Darth Vader, has died at age 93.
The James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to The Lion King and Darth Vader — has died. He was 93. His agent, Barry McPherson, confirmed Jones died on Monday morning at home. The cause was not immediately clear.
"I think it first happened around campfires when the man came home and told his family he got the bear, the bear didn't get him," he said. Jones was born by the light of an oil lamp in a shack in Arkabutla, Mississippi, on January 17, 1931. His father, Robert Earl Jones, had deserted his wife before the baby's arrival to pursue life as a boxer and, later, an actor. When Jones was six, his mother took him to her parents' farm near Manistee, Michigan.
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