BREAKING: James Earl Jones passes away at 93

Actor James Earl Jones, who famously voiced “Star Wars“ villain Darth Vader and Mufasa in “The Lion King,“ has passed away. Deadline and Variety reported that the 93-year-old died this morning at his home in Dutchess County, New York. His agent, Barry McPherson, confirmed Jones died Monday morning at home. The cause was not immediately clear. James Earl Jones’ biography and effort to overcome stutter Jones was born by the light of an oil lamp in a shack in Arkabutla, Mississippi, on Jan. 17, 1931. His father, Robert Earl Jones, had deserted his wife before the baby’s arrival to pursue life as a boxer and, later, an actor. When Jones was 6, his mother took him to her parents’ farm near Manistee, Michigan. His grandparents adopted the boy and raised him. “A world ended for me, the safe world of childhood,“ Jones wrote in his autobiography, “Voices and Silences.“ “The move from Mississippi to Michigan was supposed to