James Earl Jones, best known for his roles in Field of Dreams, The Lion King, Star Wars, and more, has died at the age of 93, as announced on Monday. A cause of death was not immediately released.
Over the past decade, Jones became an advocate for diabetics, first publicly confirming in 2016 that he had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
Here’s everything to know about the late actor’s long-term battle with the disease.
Jones has been open about his struggle with type 2 diabetes since revealing in a 2016 interview that he was diagnosed in the mid-1990s while attending a program for diet and exercise.
“I was lucky that it was discovered quite by accident,” Jones shared.
He explained, “I fell asleep one day while sitting on a bench in a gymnasium, and a doctor who happened to be there saw me and said, ‘That isn’t normal.’”
Since then, he has spoken out about his journey with the illness, advocating for diabetes awareness and emphasizing the importance of managing the condition.
