Don LaFontaine, Farewell To The Voice of Movie Trailers

by Scott Beale on September 2, 2008 · 3 comments

Don LaFontaine, who’s familiar voiceover work was featured in over 5,000 movie trailers and 750,000 television spots, died at age 68 on August 22, 2008.

Don LaFontaine was famous for his movie trailer intros which started with the phrase “In a world…” as parodied in this GEICO ad.

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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

1 John Law September 2, 2008 at 1:14 pm

Nice to know “The Voice” had such a sense of humor. To bad he won't be around to narrate Armageddon.

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2 Joe Reifer September 3, 2008 at 11:53 am

A friend sent this great 5 Guys in a Limo video with The Voice.

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3 James Sooy September 3, 2008 at 12:49 pm

National talk like Don LaFountaine Day, anyone?

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