R.I.P. Don LaFontaine

[Man Called X]

Don LaFontaine, voice of movie trailers, dies

By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON – 1 hour ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don LaFontaine, the man who popularized the catch phrase "In a world where..." and lent his voice to thousands of movie trailers, has died. He was 68. LaFontaine died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from complications in the treatment of an ongoing illness, said Vanessa Gilbert, his agent.

LaFontaine made more than 5,000 trailers in his 33-year career while working for the top studios and television networks.

Full Article

It's a damn shame. His voice was unmistakable, I wish I could've gotten him to do my answering machine message.

If you don't know who he is.

The Voice!

 

[PIP]

Unfortunate... I met Don, and worked with him personally when I was a senior in High School... He took part and worked with my class during our 6 week summer UCLA school of theater classes at the UCLA Acting and Performing Institute..

 

[Mac]

I always wanted to know who did those voiceovers but I was always too lazy to look...

 

[GottiLand]

i seen a story on him on 60 minutes or somethin about 10 years back. a lot of people were pissed because he basically monopolized the movie announcing biz

 

[Silky Smooth]

man that sucks.