RIP James Earl Jones

[S-W4EVER]

We lost one of our own. James Earl Jones was a fellow NRA member. IMDB attributes the following to him:

"The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise, they will win and the decent people will lose."

I never knew this about him.

I didn't know this either, thanks for sharing. My guess is Heaven just got a little nicer...

 

[Fishinfool]

RIP - A long and productive life. I actually met him in about 1984 or so, at a gas station off exit 8 in Danbury CT., of all places. Thought I recognized him, said hi, and the voice was instantly recognizable. Pumping his own gas...lol

Larry

 

[s&wchad]

James Earl Jones was a class act. I caught the tail end of Naked Gun 33 1/3 yesterday, where he played a bit part.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eObqIJi81tA[/ame]

 

[squirrelnest]

R.I.P. ...

 

[CajunBass]

RIP Mr. Jones. Thanks for the memories.

 

[jeffrefrig]

His voice alone made him millions, not to mention his acting. Curious if Arbys will still use his commercials. This may be sacrilege but I always mute the TV when those Arby commercials come on.
Seems like we're losing a lot of 85+ year old musicians and actors; every one of them a small piece of our younger days. RIP.

 

[Old_Cop]

RIP James Earl Jones.

 

[CajunBass]

His voice alone made him millions, not to mention his acting. Curious if Arbys will still use his commercials. This may be sacrilege but I always mute the TV when those Arby commercials come on.
Seems like we're losing a lot of 85+ year old musicians and actors; every one of them a small piece of our younger days. RIP.

The Arby's commercials are done by Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction), but he does sound a lot like James Earl Jones, a happy coincidence that did not slip past Arby's unnoticed I'm sure.

 

[mckenney99]

May He Rest In Peace, he has certainly earned it, for all the fun,joy and entertainment he has brought to the world.
Seems to have been a truly good person, a man of integrity, a great actor and apparently had a great sense of humor.
1 or 2 weekends ago, I pulled his underappreciated movie/DVD, "A family Thing" off the shelf. A really fine character driven story with another of my favorite actors, Robert Duvall. He will be missed.

 

[ameridaddy]

Hitler Rants Parodies did a "Hitler is informed James Earl Jones has died"
It was actually touching, not a rant at all, and a very nice retrospective on Jones' work.

Click on the "Watch on Youtube" link to see it.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnJ9fl0Q3xQ[/ame]

 

[lihpster]

That was well done.