Don LaFontaine, Farewell To The Voice of Movie Trailers

By Scott Beale on September 2, 2008

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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