Voiceover King Don LaFontaine dead at 68 (2 Viewers)

Keith Paynter · Sep 2, 2008

"In a world where...."

Passing away due to complications from a collapsed lung, LaFontaine was 68. The voice of over 5000 movie trailers and some 350,000 commercials. The voiceover king to a generation of moviegoers.

ThomasC · Sep 2, 2008

Rest in peace, Don.

Lucia Duran · Sep 2, 2008

He had a fabulous voice. I can recognize it anywhere!

He's the real voice of GOD you know!

Keith Paynter · Sep 2, 2008

DavidPla · Sep 2, 2008

nolesrule · Sep 2, 2008

I always get a kick out of the 5 guys in a limo video. Movie trailers won't be the same without DLF.

Greg_C_T · Sep 2, 2008

What a great and distinctive voice he had. RIP, Don.

IanDP · Sep 2, 2008

Just think: Without Don, the first 10 minutes of your movie theater experience will never be the same.

Inspector Hammer! · Sep 2, 2008

I remember when he did the voiceover for Halloween 4 The Return of Michael Myers back in 1988, hearing him say "Michael Myers" was more entertaining than Rob Zombie's entire movie lol.

RIP, Don. :frowning:

Henry Gale · Sep 2, 2008

Keith & David,
Thanks for the videos!

TonyD · Sep 2, 2008

5 guys i a limo was great thanks fr that.

:frowning:

btw i always mix hal douglas' voice and Don's.

Rob P S · Sep 2, 2008

TonyD · Sep 2, 2008

Ed Moroughan · Sep 2, 2008

RIP Don. I've always enjoyed his Geico commercial. One of their funniest.

Holadem · Sep 3, 2008

RIP.

Eh. In a way he signed off a the right time, I can't remember the last time I saw a trailer with a voice over. It seems the practice has all but vanished?

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Henry Gale · Sep 3, 2008

OK Holadem, do I need to croak if my job vanishes?

Rob P S · Sep 3, 2008

How do you put the videos up like that?

Inspector Hammer! · Sep 3, 2008

Go to a place like Youtube and on the right of the screen when your watching a video you'll see 'Embedded', just drag your mouse across the code to highlight, right click, copy it and paste the code in your post here and the video will be there when you submit.

TonyD · Sep 3, 2008

you have to get the 6 or 7 digit code out of the emedded code and put it between [ YT][ /YT] without the spaces in the brackets.

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Rob P S · Sep 3, 2008

Thanks guys!

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