Voiceover artist Don LaFontaine dies

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Well Don,

I guess the Cashier's Job at DENNY'S became available.

REST IN PEACE MY FRIEND.

A sad day for the industry.

Sad day......In Voice Land.

okay that's it, I hate two thousand and eight.

"IN A WORLD" filled with the ordinary he was an extraordinary exception. He will be missed.

His voice was so badass, it's a shame.

This man made movies with that voice. There are plenty of trailers that sucked me in due to his mesmorizing voice.

This Summer... will never be the same. He is to the previews as the stars are to the movies. RIP.

wow definitely sad news...RIP to the greatest voiceover man of all time. Trailers will never be the same.

he died of a collapsed lung ? that voice killed him . his gift was greater than mortal flesh could bear .

Don is an inspiration and a trailblazer, he will be missed.

Whew... okay... yeah, I have to admit, I always got sucked into the trailers (even if the storyline wasn't all that great) because of his voice. I wonder what his mother's face was like the second his voice changed at thirteen? I think I would have instantly sat down and been completely amazed...lol!
My son (at fourteen) sounds like Harry Potter without the accent- mild toned.
Still- Mr. LaFontaine will be sorely missed. I have to go find some of my DVD's with his announcing voice on them now and listen to them...
You know, I bet he read some wickedly awesome stories to his grandkids. Man, that must have been a blast to hear Grimm stories or even Peter Rabbit read by him. Wow! Yah- I'm weird. ;-)
Rest peacefully, Mr. LaFontaine, and Blessings,
BerkanaKat

It's weird because after so many years of him doing those trailers with no one knowing what he looked like, he'd been on T.V. quite a bit lately doing commercials, interviews, etc...then, he's gone. It's like the world wasn't supposed to know his face.

i'm sad.
i wonder what he sounds like when he's at a drive thru.

awww. his voice is like classic. the movies, and trailers, and even GEICO commercials will be forever changed with him gone. ima miss his deep dramaticvoice. sad, sad.

What a legend...he surely will be missed

who won't recognize his voice??? He will forever remain as the legend in voiceovers

I feel bad for the person they start using now...I bet they get alot of crap for not being Don...

good luck to you...

I wonder if he prerecorded his own eulogy, so he could have a cool sounding one...

R.I.P. Don. Your voice will surely be missed.

Wow, I never realised he had such an amazingly characterful face. Why was he never *on* screen? He'd should have had a crack at playing an evil villain...

Film trailers won't sound the same anymore.
I miss him already.

"Coming to a cometary near you..."

I hope everybody reads his obituary in his voice.

I don't know if movie trailers will even be the same.

Is their anyone out there who can digitally recreate, Don LaFontaine's voice?

We should elect the best "Don LaFontaine impersonator" to continue the legacy of his voice.

He'll be missed.

Too young to die. Such a great voice!

What a great voice.

What are we going to do in a world without Don LaFontaine?

What the F is going on?! These celebs are taking the bus by the droves! Alright - this is too much...
Okay - I'd like to take this time to urge everyone on Current to be cool with one another. Let all of our words and actions be good. We'll never know when those words and actions be our last.

Well now I actually have something to thank GEICO for. They took a talented man who was traditionally in the background into the spotlight.

God bless him. Still, I hope they find more than one voice next time. I've been pretty sick of hearing this voice everywhere. It's hard to really know if I will like a movie because the voice-over always annoyed me.

As someone who has done voiceovers, I know how much work is involved in getting that perfect "take" to capture the audience's imagination and really sell the product, no matter what it is.
Don was a true master. It's no wonder that he was always in demand.

This is unexpected. I think its somewhat ironic that a lot of standard bearers in entertainment and media died in 2008. Don LaFontaine will be missed more than people realize. His is a voice so synonymous with the movie going experience. I wonder how comedian Pablo Francisco, who made his career impersonating him, took the news.

I wonder if he recorded a eulogy before he passed. That would be awesome! May he rest in peace.

Now that this legendary voice of Hollywood cinema is gone, they might as well put an end to all movie trailer voiceovers. There's no way he can be replaced.

dude whats up with Hollywood legends dying of like flies this year? not cool man soooooo not cool.

i think i speak for all of us when i say, the world will never be the same again. It is as if Satan himself took a part of my soul.

Movie trailers will never be the same.

It is quite ironic - and sad - that I only get to see this man's face after his death, but as they say, the voice lives on ...