Movie trailers will never be the same. Voiceover Master Don LaFontaine dead at 68.
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LaFontaine, known as the "King of Voiceovers," died Monday afternoon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. LaFontaine's agent, Vanessa Gilbert, tells ET that he passed away following complications from Pneumothorax, the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity, the result of a collapsed lung. The official cause of death has not yet been released.
Sounds like a heck of a guy too. Sometimes the impact someone has on something isn't known until that person is gone. I think that, though he has been appreciated at times, we will all notice his absence.
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
I've always wondered who did those voiceovers. RIP.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
I read that he was in the hospital last week. RIP Don.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
Honestly who hasn't pretended to be him at one point in your life?
Sad stuff!
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Originally Posted by henriksedin33
Not at all, as I've said, I would rather start with LA over any of the other WC playoff teams. Bunch of underachievers who look good on paper but don't even deserve to be in the playoffs.
R.I.P. but there are many guys who can do the same voice.
Like the guy who does the Arnold "GET TO THE CHOPPAAA" skit was all about imitating him. I've always preferred some other guys (I think Victor Carolli?) who did voiceovers too to Don LaFontaine.
The guy was great, but honestly, I was getting a little tired of virtually every trailer sounding the same. I'm looking forward to a little more variety.
Movie trailers will never be the same. Voiceover Master Don LaFontaine dead at 68.
