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RIP James Earl Jones
« on: September 09, 2024, 05:02:31 PM »

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One of the all time GOAT voices.  Just a helluva an actor to boot.

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BREAKING: James Earl Jones, best known for his innumerable movie roles and the booming voice of Darth Vader in the "Star Wars" franchise, has died, his representative confirmed to ABC News. He was 93.

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Culture/legendary-actor-james-earl-jones-dies-93/story?id=44811603&cid=social_twitter_abcn


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Re: RIP James Earl Jones
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Legendary filmography and countless great TV cameos. RIP.

Also - I know it's hard to take celebrities at face value these days, but he seemed like a genuinely kind hearted and down-to-earth guy.

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Classic Letterman Top 10.  Ten Things that sound cool when spoken by James Earl Jones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flFYwiAUpq8


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Darth Vader, Mufasa, and Field of Dreams.  RIP.


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JEJ and Biden had something in common. Both were stutterers. Jones overcame it and became most famous for his voice. He said he struggled with it to some extent his whole life.

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An amazing actor. One of the very best. RIP.  :-\
Any odd typos are because I suck at typing on an iPhone :D

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Darth Vader, Mufasa, and Field of Dreams.  RIP.

I?ll always remember him as the Snake King in Conan the Barbarian!
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Darth Vader, Mufasa, and Field of Dreams.  RIP.

I?ll always remember him as the Snake King in Conan the Barbarian!

Nice.  Coming to America is another JEJ classic.

Did anybody see the Empire State Building's tribute?  I couldn't get a picture to post this morning, but it was pretty cool.


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Darth Vader, Mufasa, and Field of Dreams.  RIP.

I?ll always remember him as the Snake King in Conan the Barbarian!

Nice.  Coming to America is another JEJ classic.

Did anybody see the Empire State Building's tribute?  I couldn't get a picture to post this morning, but it was pretty cool.

I did.  But I didn?t know the reference of the tribute yet.  Makes more sense now!

The Coming to America role was awesome too.

Mufasa is I?ll probably go down as the greatest animated acting voice ever.  Amazing.
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Darth Vader, Mufasa, and Field of Dreams.  RIP.

I?ll always remember him as the Snake King in Conan the Barbarian!

Nice.  Coming to America is another JEJ classic.

Did anybody see the Empire State Building's tribute?  I couldn't get a picture to post this morning, but it was pretty cool.

I did.  But I didn?t know the reference of the tribute yet.  Makes more sense now!

The Coming to America role was awesome too.

Mufasa is I?ll probably go down as the greatest animated acting voice ever.  Amazing.
Lot of good voices in that film. Robert Guillame as Rafiki. Nathan Lane as Timon. Jeremy Irons as the uncle?.

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One of my favorite movies as a kid, was ? Conan the Barbarian ? , he was a great evil dude in that movie .  Lived a long life.

Thanks for all the great memories, rest in peace .


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Darth Vader, Mufasa, and Field of Dreams.  RIP.

I?ll always remember him as the Snake King in Conan the Barbarian!

Nice.  Coming to America is another JEJ classic.

Did anybody see the Empire State Building's tribute?  I couldn't get a picture to post this morning, but it was pretty cool.

I did.  But I didn?t know the reference of the tribute yet.  Makes more sense now!

The Coming to America role was awesome too.

Mufasa is I?ll probably go down as the greatest animated acting voice ever.  Amazing.
Lot of good voices in that film. Robert Guillame as Rafiki. Nathan Lane as Timon. Jeremy Irons as the uncle?.

Sideba: Nathan Lane is one of very few people who can make me laugh no matter how good or bad everything around him is.
Yup