You may not know his face, but if you've seen a movie trailer during the last 25 years, you certainly know his voice.Don LaFontaine, whose deep, throaty voice provided the description for thousands of movie trailers, passed away this weekend due to complications from a collapsed lung.
This was the guy when it came to voicing a commercial advertisement. He was even the one who coined the now-cliche trailer catch phrase "In a world..."
LaFontaine was a giant in a section of the industry that often goes unnoticed, but his presence will surely be felt now that he's gone. He was that good. I assume that a load of imitators will be vying for the jobs he would have had, but let's face it-- this guy wrote the book on voice-overs.
Anyway, check out the video below to learn a little bit more about the man-- who seemed like a pretty damn cool guy.
I tip my forty for you today, Don.
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