Award-winning actor James Earl Jones died on Monday, Fox News Digital confirmed. He was 93 years old.
Jones was known for his voice role as Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise, as well as in Coming 2 America, Field of Dreams and The Hunt for Red October.
The stage and screen star “passed away this morning at his home in Dutchess County, New York, surrounded by his family,” his representative said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
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Legendary actor James Earl Jones has died, Fox News Digital confirmed. (Getty Images)
Jones is one of the few entertainers to have won the coveted EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) during his career. He has received two Primetime Emmy Awards, one Grammy Award and three Tony Awards.
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Although Jones did not win a competitive Oscar, he was given an honorary Oscar by Sir Ben Kingsley.
His career began in the theater in the early 1950s, where he earned the status of one of Shakespeare’s best actors with roles such as “Othello” and “King Lear,” as well as Oberon in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and Claudius in “Hamlet.”
James Earl Jones won an honorary Oscar at the 84th Academy Awards in 2012. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Jones’ film debut was in 1964 with Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.” He received a Tony Award in 1969 for his portrayal of boxer Jack Jefferson in “The Great White Hope.”
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