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American actor James Earl Jones died on Monday morning. As the server wrote CBS Newsthe 93-year-old actor was surrounded by loved ones in his final moments.
During his career, he appeared in almost two hundred films or series. Among them, for example, Playground of Dreams, Conan the Barbarian, Journey to America or Hunt for a Submarine.
Perhaps even more respectable was Jones’ theatrical career. He played in plays by William Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams and Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.
He was famous for his voice, which he lent to, for example, Darth Vader from the Star Wars series or Mufasa from The Lion King. CNN viewers could also hear him regularly.
Years ago, he recalled that he suffered from stuttering as a child. “I stuttered so badly it was embarrassing and very painful,” he confided in 2008.
Server Variety recalls that James Earl Jones was paid $7,000 to voice Darth Vader. But he refused to use his name in the credits, out of respect for actor David Prowse, who portrayed the character on the screen. Jones’ voice was last spoken by the character in the 2022 series Obi-Wan Kenobi, thanks to archival recordings and the use of artificial intelligence.
He has won two Tony Awards, two Emmys and a Golden Globe for his performances throughout his career.
