Just one part of an enormous acting legacy of a once-poor, stuttering boy from Jim Crow Mississippi, later a Ranger-tabbed Army veteran, who became one of the most celebrated voices and actors of any generation. He never took himself too seriously, but always gave his best performance, on stage and screen for 65 years, from Broadway to Dr. Strangelove to Star Wars to The Lion King to The Big Bang Theory, and everything in between.
Aged 93 years, of natural causes, at his home in the Hudson Valley north of NYFC. A truly gentle and incomparable man.
I mourn. He was Admiral Greer in "The Hunt For Red October".
ReplyDeleteLoved him as ADM Greer in the Clancey stories from back in the days when I trusted the CIA. Good times.
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Great tribute!
ReplyDeleteI can't say I saw everything he was in, or even most of it, only some of the most famous roles. How could we not admire him? That background to start from to that "fame and fortune" to died at 93, or natural causes? " 'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished."
ReplyDeleteRIP Mr. Jones. An iconic actor.
ReplyDeleteAs Sheldon Cooper would say, "Rest in Peace, Mr. Earl Jones." Mufasa has left this vale of tears.
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ReplyDeleteI loved his many roles, but showed his fun-loving side in his appearance on "The Big Bang Theory." He truly seemed to be enjoying himself and it showed.
ReplyDeleteI'll tip a cold one for him tonight.
"Tijuana! BANG! BANG!"
A histrionic vinaigrette of his career -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnJ9fl0Q3xQ
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