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James Earl Jones, the actor behind Lion King's Mufasa is dead

James Earl Jones [Courtesy]

James Earl Jones, the Hollywood sensation whose booming voice reverberated across the world in the Disney animation, Lion King, has died. He was 93.

Jones died on Monday in Dutchess County, New York. No cause of death was given by the family.

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