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Jelly Roll Honors James Earl Jones, Bob Newhart, More During Touching Emmys Tribute


Bob Newhart, James Earl Jones, and more were remembered by Jelly Roll and Jimmy Kimmel in heartfelt in memoriam segment at the 2024 Emmy Awards.

Bob Newhart, James Earl Jones, Peter Marshall, Shannen Doherty, and more luminaries were honored during the heartfelt In Memoriam segment led by Jelly Roll at Sunday’s Emmy Awards. Jelly Roll’s segment closed with a tribute to James Earl Jones, whose booming voice was synonymous with Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise and Mufasa in The Lion King. Martin Mull, Joyce Randolph, Dan Wilcox, Robert Butler, Jerry Foley, Jamie Kellner, Piper Laurie, Terry Carter, Richard Moll, Leo Chaloukian, Rob Halcomb, Chance Perdomo, and Donald Sutherland were among those honored during the segment.

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