After overcoming challenges in his early years in northern Michigan, James Earl Jones built a brilliant list of credits on stage and TV and in film.

Jones won two Emmys, a Golden Globe, two Tony Awards, a Grammy, the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honors and was ...

Michigan football had a moment of silence for alumnus James Earl Jones ahead of Saturday's home game against Arkansas State. Jones, one of the greatest voice actors in American cinema history and ...

Michigan football held a moment of silence Saturday for the voice of the pregame intro video and notable alumnus James Earl ...

As one of the greatest actors of his generation ... man who grew up in a small Michigan town waving at cars and shared his talent with the entire world. Contact Detroit Free Press pop culture ...

NEW YORK – James Earl Jones ... later, an actor. When Jones was 6, his mother took him to her parents' farm near Manistee, Michigan. His grandparents adopted the boy and raised him.