# Don LaFontaine has died

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lafontaine-has-died/461798>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 3, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lafontaine-has-died/461798 "2008-09-03T02:37:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lafontaine-has-died/461798/1 "2008-09-03T02:37:32Z")

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[Don LaFontaine, who voiced trailers, dies](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i606407e4c74ccd4133c4e8fff5dc8c48?imw=Y)

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> Don LaFontaine, the undisputed viceroy of voiceovers, died Monday of complications from the treatment of an ongoing lung-related illness. He was 68.
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> Before his death, he had provided voiceovers for an estimated 5,000 movie trailers, including “Batman Returns,” “The Terminator,” “Cast Away,” “The Elephant Man” and “Dr. Strangelove.” Many of those began with his catchphrase, “In a world where …”

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**Author:** ![drpepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@drpepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drpepper)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lafontaine-has-died/461798/2 "2008-09-03T02:59:08Z")

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“In a world… where a man’s voice can carry him… to the height fame… or the depths of hell…”

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**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lafontaine-has-died/461798/3 "2008-09-03T03:01:24Z")

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Don LaFontaine had died, and this time … it’s personal!

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lafontaine-has-died/461798/4 "2008-09-03T03:04:23Z")

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Posted here earlier:

[http://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=481389](http://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=481389)