COMING TO AMERICA ACTOR, EARL JONES, DIES AT 93.

A Grammy winning Hollywood actor who starred in several movies including Coming to America, James Earl Jones, has died at the age of 93.

His family agent, Barry McPherson announced that Jones died yesterday morning surrounded by his family.  

 Jones starred in dozens of films including, Field of Dreams, Conan the Barbarian and starred as King Jaffe Joffer and father to Prince Akeem played by Eddie Murphy in the 1988 comedy film, Coming to America; and he was also best known for giving the Star Wars supervillain, Darth Vader his distinctive gravelly voice and was equally the voice of Mufasa in Disney’s 1994 classic, The Lion King, and CNN’s “This is CNN” tagline.

 He won three Tony awards including a lifetime award, two Emmys and a Grammy, as well as an honorary Oscar award.

Born in Mississippi on January 17, 1931, James, Earl Jones had revealed that he had developed his distinctive voice while working on how to overcome being a stammer during childhood.