James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen has died.
In this 2016 file photo, James Earl Jones arrives at the Tony Awards in New York. The Cort Theatre on Broadway in New York will be renamed after Jones on Monday, becoming the second theater on the Great White Way named after a Black artist.who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, “The Lion King” and Darth Vader — has died. He was 93.
Jones created such memorable film roles as the reclusive writer coaxed back into the spotlight in “Field of Dreams,” the boxer Jack Johnson in the stage and screen hit “The Great White Hope,” the writer Alex Haley in “Roots: The Next Generation” and a South African minister in “Cry, the Beloved Country.”
Some of his other films include “Dr. Strangelove,” “The Greatest” , “Conan the Barbarian,” “Three Fugitives” and playing an admiral in three Tom Clancy blockbuster adaptations — “The Hunt for Red October,” “Patriot Games” and “Clear and Present Danger.” In a rare romantic comedy, “Claudine,” Jones had an onscreen love affair with Diahann Carroll.
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