Really don’t have much to mention at the moment except that I felt a great disturbance in the Force earlier, and now I know why: James Earl Jones has died at the age of 93.
I’m going to go release my feelings and try not to turn to the Dark Side now.
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UPDATE
In addition to the BBC article above, you can also check out the Washington Post and, really, a slew of pieces online: Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, NPR, and Variety.
Writer, cartoon voice director, and de-factor pop culture historian Mark Evanier has a great personal remembrance of working with Jones and prolific writer of all-thing pop culture Robert Vaux makes the case for one of Jones’ best performances in Field of Dreams. He also reminded me of this lovely video from a bygone era:
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