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I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without knowing it, and without being told by the history of theater - which we now see from a historical point of view was an explosive time.

James Earl Jones

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James Earl Jones
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 17
Actor
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Film Actor
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