The pioneering stage and screen actor, who worked deep into his 80s, won two Emmys, a Golden Globe, two Tony Awards and a Grammy
His agent, Barry McPherson, confirmed Jones died on Monday morning at home. The cause was not immediately clear.
Jones had a great physical presence on stage and television, as well as in movies, but his voice alone landed him huge roles.Jones laughed when a BBC interviewer asked if he resented being so closely tied to Darth Vader, a role that required only his voice for a few lines while another actor did the on-screen work in costume.
Jones said he never made much money off the Darth Vader part – only $9,000 for the first film – and that he considered it merely a special effects job.
Jones was about five years old when his grandparents moved the family from Mississippi to a farm in Michigan and it was around that time that he quit speaking because of his stutter.He was mostly silent for a decade until a ploy by his high school English teacher got him to speak up. The teacher made Jones recite to the class a poem that he said he had written to prove he was familiar enough with it to be the author.
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