King of Voiceovers' Don LaFontaine Dies at 68

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King of Voiceovers' Don LaFontaine Dies at 68

LOS ANGELES — Don LaFontaine, the man behind the chilling voice in various movie trailers and commercials, died Monday, his agent said. He was 68.

LaFontaine died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from a collapsed lung, ETOnline reported. The official cause of death, however, was not immediately released.

LaFontaine's vocal talents have appeared in over 5,000 movie trailers and nearly 350,000 commercials. He is most famous for the introductory line, "In a world..."

LaFontaine most recently appeared in a Geico Insurance commercial where he was referred to as "that announcer guy."

He is survived by his wife, singer/actress Nita Whitaker, and three children Christine, Skye and Elyse.


Dang. This is sad.

Here's a link to his website - http://www.donlafontaine.com/DLF2007/index.html

Yeah. It is absolutely amazing how much voice-over work the guy did. He even had multiple different voices that he'd use so it didn't always sound like him.

 

[jomar]

I saw that. I'm glad he got some more exposure in those insurance commercials. Seems like Sunday Morning (US tv show) did a segment within the past year.

I like Peter Frampton's commercials too. And Little Richard's, now that I'm thinking about them.

 

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I saw that. I'm glad he got some more exposure in those insurance commercials. Seems like Sunday Morning (US tv show) did a segment within the past year.

I like Peter Frampton's commercials too. And Little Richard's, now that I'm thinking about them.

Yeah, but a lot of them are super annoying.

Actually, I like the Aunt Jemima one, just because I miss Aunt Jemima commercials.

 

[Belegon]

It just seems wrong that I won't hear that voice doing anything new now...

RIP Don.