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Jones to get lifetime Tony Award


Two-time Tony Award winner James Earl Jones will soon get a third — for lifetime achievement.
The Tony Awards Administration Committee said Thursday that Jones, 86, will receive the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre on June 11 at the Tony Awards.
Jones, the voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa from Disney’s “The Lion King,” has won Tonys for “The Great White Hope” in 1969 and “Fences” in 1987. His Broadway credits also include “On Golden Pond,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” “Driving Miss Daisy,” “The Best Man” and “The Gin Game.”
The Tony Awards, presented by the Broadway League and the American Theater Wing, honor plays and musicals that are staged on Broadway each season.
— Associated Press