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Hollywood has lost an acting legend.<\/p>\n
James Earl Jones<\/strong>\u2014the actor whose deep and resonant voice can be heard in Star Wars<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and The Lion King<\/em><\/a>\u2014died on Sept. 9 at home in Dutchess County, N.Y., his rep confirmed to multiple<\/a> outlets<\/a>. He was 93.<\/p>\n Born on Jan. 17, 1932, in Arkabutla, Miss., Jones spent much of his childhood in Michigan with his grandparents. During that time, Jones struggled with a severe stutter\u2014an experience that eventually taught him the power of his own voice.<\/p>\n “As a small child, I would communicate to my family, or at least those who didn’t mind being embarrassed by my stutter,” he recalled in a\u00a02010 interview with the Daily Mail<\/em><\/a>. “By the time I got to school, my stuttering was so bad that I gave up trying to speak properly.”<\/p>\n However, Jones overcame his issues with speech through the help of an English teacher who got him “involved with words.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n