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Buster Jones
actor · disc jockey · voice actor
- December 12, 1943 · Paris
- September 16, 2014 · North Hollywood
- 71 years
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Buster Jones, 71, American voice actor (Super Friends, The Transformers, The Real Ghostbusters).
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|Edward Lorenzo "Buster" Jones (December 12, 1943 – September 16, 2014) was an American voice actor and television host. He is known for his roles as Black Vulcan in Super Friends, Blaster in The Transformers, Doc in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and Winston Zeddemore in The Real Ghostbusters (replacing Arsenio Hall) and later Extreme Ghostbusters.
Early life
Jones was born in Paris, Tennessee and attended Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee where he played in a band.
Career
Jones got a job as a disc jockey. During his career as a DJ, he worked in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. He also did voice work in commercials, which led to his career as a voice actor in TV series.
Jones appeared as the host of Soul Unlimited, Dick Clark's short-lived all-black version of American Bandstand that was created as a competitor to Soul Train.
He also provided voices for Defenders of the Earth (as Lothar), The Super Globetrotters (as Spaghetti Man), Captain Planet and the Planeteers, and The New Batman Adventures.
Death
Jones died at home in North Hollywood, California, on September 16, 2014, at the age of 70.
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