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Video Tribute: In a World of...

From the iMDB studio briefing:

Don LaFontaine, whose voice was heard on thousands of TV commercials and a significant percentage of all movie trailers -- an estimated 5,000 -- died Monday in Los Angeles at age 68. The cause of death was not disclosed. At one time or another he was also the voice of all the major broadcast networks as well as TNT, TBS and the Cartoon Network. His website observed that by "conservative estimates, he has voiced hundreds of thousands of television and radio spots." Entertainment Tonight said on its own website that "based on contracts signed, he may have been the single busiest actor in the history of SAG (the Screen Actors Guild)."



Posted by supergg2k on Wed Sep 3, 2008 @ 10:40 am EDT | 3 Comments

Biznass says:

I'm curios who is going to fill this position. I need my trailers! With big boomy voice guy!

Posted by Biznass on Wed Sep 3, 2008 @ 10:56 am EDT

hudsmack says:

That's too bad, he seemed like a nice guy. I saw a show on where they were doing the home theater in his house and he was cracking jokes the whole time and doing fake voice overs in his own home theater.

Posted by hudsmack on Wed Sep 3, 2008 @ 11:12 am EDT

NetKartsRacing says:

Good to hear from you supergg,my daughter just moved to Ma. from Reno to be with her new husband. BTW its too bad you didn't go racing there is a kart track near Boston I think. I'll get you some info if your still interested in going out on the track.

Posted by NetKartsRacing on Mon Sep 8, 2008 @ 3:37 pm EDT

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