VIDEO : James Earl Jones to be Honored at 2017 Tony Awards

On Tuesday it was announced that two-time Tony Award winner Jones/'> James Earl Jones will receive a lifetime achievement at the 2017 Award show. According to the Tony Awards Administration Committee, Jones will receive the Special Award for Lifetime Achievement on June 11. Jones, who has won Tony Awards for "The Great White Hope" and "Fences," has also appeared on Broadway in the shows "On Golden Pond," ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," ''Driving Miss Daisy," ''The Best Man" and "The Gin Game."