American actor James Earl Jones has died at the age of 93, his agent Barry McPherson said on Monday. McPherson stated, Jones died at his home surrounded by family member. Jones cause of death is still unclear.

Who was James Earl Jones?

Jones was the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars films and Mufasa in Disney’s 1994 animated hit “The Lion King.” He was awarded Tonys for 1969 Broadway show “The Great White Hope” and the 1987 show “Fences.” He won Emmys in 1991 for the TV series “Gabriel’s Fire” and “Heat Wave.” In 1977, he won a Grammy for best spoken word album, “Great American Documents.”

Jones was also heard in dozens of television commercials and the CNN broadcaster used his voice saying “This is CNN” to introduce newscasts for several years. He also acted in movie such as the 1989 film “Field of Dreams” and 1995 film “Cry, The Beloved Country.”

In 2005, Jones reprised his role as Darth Vader in “Revenge Of The Sith” and also in the 2014 animated series “Star Wars Rebels” and the 2016 film “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”
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