Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Don LaFontaine, "King of Voiceovers", has passed away

Don LaFontaine, whose work made his one of the most-recognized voices on the planet, especially for all the movie trailers that he contributed to, has passed away at the age of 68 from complications stemming from a collapsed lung.

Here's a bit of a documentary showing LaFontaine at work and others discussing his prolific vocal talent...

5 comments:

  1. Sorry to hear of his passing, He had the greatest voice ever! By the way, does anyone know if he did the nariation for the discovery channel "A Haunting"?

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  2. This makes me very sad. End of an era...
    :(

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  3. NO! Not the movie voice guy! I'm gonna miss hearing his voice in movie trailers, and TV-spots.

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  4. That's actually very sad. It's odd imagining a world without "In a world where..." The man had amazing talent, and the movie/TV world won't be the same without it. Movie trailers are going to suck now.

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  5. We lost a great man and a great talent. So sad. :-(

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