“King of Voiceovers” is silenced…Don LaFontaine

Posted on September 2, 2008 by GingerSnaps

IN A WORLD where…oh, forget it.  How many blog posts are going to start with that line today?

I’m sad to find out that Don LaFontaine, the man whose voice you have listened to on countless movie trailers through the years, has passed away at the age of 68.

Here is a fabulous retrospective of how he got into the business of movie voiceover work.  Worth the watch.

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5 Responses

  1. Sue, on September 2nd, 2008 at 11:11 am Said:

    Oh man, that is sad. :-(

  2. Wheat Williams, on September 2nd, 2008 at 11:29 am Said:

    And he just did that awesome GEICO insurance commercial–probably the first time most people saw what he looked like.

  3. Ron, on September 2nd, 2008 at 12:02 pm Said:

    One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen is that video with the five famous voiceover guys together at the same time. He’ll be missed.

  4. John Carney, on September 2nd, 2008 at 12:54 pm Said:

    Here’s a fun little clip, which I posted to my blog a long while back, with LaFontaine and several other well-known voiceover artists sending themselves up a little bit:

  5. John Carney, on September 2nd, 2008 at 12:55 pm Said:

    Sorry — I didn’t see that Ron had already mentioned this video.

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