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The page introduction says that REJ was best known for his appearances in The Sting and The Cotton Club, but he is not listed on the Wikipedia page for The Cotton Club. Someone who knows more about this might want to look into it. Sbabones (talk) 09:32, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
More semi-reliable internet sources are still claiming that Jones died September 7th. Wencer 15:46, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
AP is saying that he was 96, which would put his birth year at 1910 or 1909. BGyss 23:58, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
I think someone needs to take a closer look at all these dates, confirm them and make sure they match up, or state in the article that his age is disputed. As it stands, it appears that whoever wrote this has a serious problem with simple math.
96 seems to be the age (and thus the year 1910, assuming the date February 3 correct) favored by the vast majority of news media, as suggested by this simple Google search – feel free to pick the one you find reliable. Of course, if this is erroneus, repeating it a million times doesn't make it right. But usually in the case of people with obscure birth dates, the one reported at death is likely right (Lee Falk and John Lee Hooker come to mind). Note, however, that if you include "1910" in your search, you're likely to find him only a year of birth, or "January 1" as his birthday – suggesting it to be an approximation of his age. Now, if 1904 is correct, it could prove out to be useful to find out if his 100th birthday made the news. --Anshelm '77 11:32, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
As long as the age at death is stated to be 96, we should remove the category "American centenarians," especially since he is also under a category for people who died in their 90's. This is clearly absurd. -Dave 00:10, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Considering a number of online sources have years of birth ranging from 1911 to 1904 (and not just allegedly unreliable sources like the IMDb either), there should be something added to this article discussing the discrepency, as well a citation for the date of birth that is listed here. 23skidoo 21:13, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
I work for Matthew Earl Jones, REJ's son, and I assure you, the 1904 date is correct - Matthew told me they have a family bible that reports his birthdate as 1904. REJ himself supplied the 1910 date because he wanted to appear younger, as actors often do, and because he wanted to appear younger for his boxing career. If you're going to change it back to 1910 at least include a section saying that his birthdate is controversial. 63.228.151.114 23:25, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
I had added brief cast information for some of Jones' films that someone almost immediately deleted, saying that it was totally unnecessary since anyone wanting to know the cast could look it up. This misses the nuanced point of what I had in mind: I wanted to indicate to the casual reader, who'd be less likely to look up the films individually, that Jones was appearing in major mainstream films featuring top actors of the day in the latter stages of his career. So that you can see what I mean, here are my earlier contributions:
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