James Earl Jones, the renowned US actor whose “beautifully sonorous tones” also lent themselves to creating the personality of the iconic Star Wars villain Darth Vader, has died at the age of 93.
Regarded as movie star royalty in his dotage, Jones died on 9 September at his home in Dutchess county, New York, reports the Guardian.
It notes that when it came to Jones's best known acting "role", it was actually the British bodybuilder David Prowse who was cast in the physical role of Darth Vader for the wildly successful and popular 1977 film that opened with a scroll of text across the cinematic screen – in order to set the story-telling scene – and which would, like the character of Darth Vader, become iconic due to the film's success.
