# In a world without Don LaFontaine **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-world-without-don-lafontaine/461842 "2008-09-03T09:18:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-world-without-don-lafontaine/461842/1 "2008-09-03T09:18:12Z")
> **['In a world' voiceover master dies at 68 - CNN.com](http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/02/obit.lafontaine/index.html)** > > Don LaFontaine, the voiceover king whose "In a world ..." phrase on movie trailers was much copied -- and much parodied -- has died, according to media reports. He was 68. ☹ I don’t think trailers will ever be the same. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-world-without-don-lafontaine/461842/2 "2008-09-03T09:23:33Z")
FYI, there’s a discussion going on in CS about this very sad subject which you might find interesting. The thread can be found [here](http://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=481389). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-world-without-don-lafontaine/461842/3 "2008-09-03T12:15:06Z")
In a world where threads are duplicated… only one man is up early enough to lock them.