From TVGuide.com
"In a world without Don LaFontaine, trailers will be a lot less fun.
LaFontaine, who died Monday at 68 from complications relating to pneumothorax, wasn't a household name. But he was the voice of more than 5,000 movie trailers and 350,000 commercials over the last three decades, best known for the introduction, "In a world…"
LaFontaine's Web Site said he did voiceover work for all the major television networks, as well as TNT, TBS, and the Cartoon Network. He also served as the in-show announcer for the Screen Actors Guild and Academy Awards.
"Based on contracts signed, he has the distinction of being perhaps the single busiest actor in the history of SAG," according to his site.
The native of Duluth, Minnesota, joined the Army after high school, and was assigned to the United States Army Band and Chorus as a recording engineer.
After his discharge from the service, he worked as a sound engineer and editor.
His voiceover career started in 1965, when an announcer didn't show up for a session. LaFontaine stepped in to do "scratch" narration for radio spots for the film Gunfighters Of Casa Grande."
EVERY one of you have heard his voice, but just don't know his name. We may hear a few more trailers over the next few months with his voice, then that will be all.
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