National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of James Earl Jones
September 11, 2024
September 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The National Endowment for the Arts issued the following news release:
It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of former National Council on the Arts member and National Medal of Arts recipient James Earl Jones. Long before he was the voice of Star Wars' Darth Vader and The Lion King's Mufasa, Jones was an acclaimed actor of stage and screen.
One of the NEA's early grants was an aw . . .
It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of former National Council on the Arts member and National Medal of Arts recipient James Earl Jones. Long before he was the voice of Star Wars' Darth Vader and The Lion King's Mufasa, Jones was an acclaimed actor of stage and screen.
One of the NEA's early grants was an aw . . .