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James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones, Actor (1931-2024), joins the permanent Shrine record.

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Life, work & what’s documented

James Earl Jones was born on 1931-01-17 and died on 2024-09-09 at age 93. A monumental stage and screen actor with one of the most recognizable voices in performance history. Representative work and achievements include Fences, The Great White Hope, Star Wars.

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A monumental stage and screen actor with one of the most recognizable voices in performance history. Representative work and achievements include Fences, The Great White Hope, Star Wars.

Essential works: Fences · The Great White Hope · Star Wars

Statistics / evidence

Context is not destiny

Born 1931-01-17; died 2024-09-09; age at death 93. These dates provide historical context, not a mortality model.

Death context: James Earl Jones died on 2024-09-09 at age 93. This Shrine records the sourced date and age without adding unsupported medical or death-circumstance detail.

Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.

Astrology / interpretation

The cosmic file

SunCapricorn 26.4°

MoonCapricorn 12.0°

MercuryCapricorn 6.1°

VenusSagittarius 10.6°

MarsLeo 10.9°

JupiterCancer 14.0°

SaturnCapricorn 15.7°

UranusAries 11.8°

NeptuneVirgo 5.4°

PlutoCancer 19.7°

These placements are deterministic astronomical calculations. Interpretive meaning is separate from health, mortality, and factual claims.

Calculation confidence: date_based_reliable_birth_time_unknown. Moon: calculated date based. Rising sign: birth time needed. Date-based geocentric placements use a noon UTC reference. Moon uncertainty is retained. No Ascendant or houses are inferred. Astrology is interpretation, not fact, medicine, or mortality prediction.

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Sources & provenance

Encyclopaedia Britannica candidateEncyclopaedia Britannica / 2026-08-30 / identity / confidence: mediumSelected for the listed claims only. Discovery indexes are not publication evidence.
James Earl Jones biographyTelevision Academy / 2026-08-30 / identity / confidence: highSelected for the listed claims only. Discovery indexes are not publication evidence.

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Research last updated 2026-08-30.

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Kingkongphoto www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel | CC BY-SA 2.0 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Earl_Jones_Baltimore.jpg

Exact source file · CC BY-SA 2.0 2.0 · Retrieved 2026-08-30.

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