Alan, Shelley & Ella

Alan, Shelley & Ella

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Don Lafontaine passes away


You may not recognize the name or even his face, but if you heard his voice you would know who he was in a heartbeat. He is responsible for doing the voiceover of 5000 movie trailers in his lifetime. His signature phrase "In a world ..." can be heard at the beginning of several movie previews. He died suddenly at the age of 68. Ironically, his face and name became recognizable after doing a Geico commercial which I have posted below. We will miss you, especially as we sit through 20 minutes of previews waiting for our movie to start.

1 comment:

kellie said...

Oh yes, a sad day indeed!! Every time I hear him in a commercial I feel sad. Movie trailers will never be the same. Is that the right way to spell that kind of trailer?

Anyway, way to update, if it wasn't for google reader I would have never have known.