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James Earl Jones Dies: Revered ‘Field Of Dreams’ Star, Darth Vader Voice & Broadway Regular Was 93


James Earl Jones, revered actor who voiced Darth Vader in Star Wars, starred in Field of Dreams' died September 9 at his home in Dutchess County, NY. He was 93.

Widely regarded as the one of the world great stage and screen actors Jones is one of the few entertainers to have won the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). Beginning with the Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(1964), Jones went on to appear in some of the most successful films of all time. His many big-screen credits also films such Conan the Barbarian(1982), Coming to America(1988), The Hunt for Red October(1990), The Sandlot(1990), Patriot Games(1992), and Sneakers(1992).

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