James Earl Jones will be miss. His booming voice is unique to him and is always a presence. Some say that any great orator can make reading phone book interesting and entertaining. But I do think that James Earl Jones works best by reading good writing. Here is James Earl Jones reading the works Frederick Douglass' "What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July."

The news of James Earl Jones death is a sad piece of news. Of course, forever immortalize as the voice of Darth Vader, but with good reason. He always turn in a great performance. I also will remember his role in Conan the Barbarian. And will be remembered in The Sandlot, Field of Dreams and Dr. Strangelove.