James Earl Jones transformed his weakness into his greatest strength.

He was famous as the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars and The Lion King, and many live-action roles.

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But he didn’t talk for his first ten years because of a severe stutter.

Being deprived of the ability to speak for so long it’s difficult to imagine him becoming known globally as “the Voice.”

“I was mute from first grade through first year in high school. I just gave up on talking.”

“As a child, I would communicate to my family. The little speaking I did was to my dog and calling the animals on the farm. They don’t care how you sound, they just want to hear your voice.”

His class mates at school were not as accepting.

“Stuttering is painful, I’d try to read my lessons and they fell on the floo

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