Nasa honored the late actor by sharing an image of aligned starts which depicted the iconic character Mufasa. “Look at the stars. Today, we look up at the stars and remember the great James Earl Jones. As Mufasa, he reminded us that those stars will always be there to guide us,” said Nasa in a post on X.
James Earl Jones, renowned for his distinctive voice and powerful acting, with a career spanning decades, was also known for the commanding voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars series.
James Earl Jones followed the path set by his father, Robert Earl Jones, who started acting in the 1939 movie Lying Lips and had roles in notable films such as The Cotton Club and Witness. Robert Earl Jones‘s most unforgettable performance was as Luther Coleman in The Sting.
Jones made history in the film industry as the first Black actor to play a US president on the big screen. In the 1972 movie The Man, adapted from an Irving Wallace novel, he portrayed Douglass Dilman, a senator who unexpectedly assumes the presidency after a series of tragic events.
In addition to his acting career, Jones delved into primal therapy in 1971, a practice that involves reliving and expressing repressed traumas. He even constructed a soundproof chamber in his home for this purpose. In his 1993 autobiography Voices and Silences, Jones humorously remarked that primal therapy helped him overcome various issues, including a cigarette habit.
