# The man you've heard often but never heard of has died

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 7, 2016, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-youve-heard-often-but-never-heard-of-has-died/759293 "2016-07-07T08:05:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-youve-heard-often-but-never-heard-of-has-died/759293/1 "2016-07-07T08:05:42Z")

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Didn’t see a threat. Apologies if one exists.

I just learned that [Peter Thomas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thomas_(announcer)) died back in April.

Not unlike [Jackson Beck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Beck) his was an instantly recognizable voice, yet by name few knew who he was.

[Commercials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M83p7PTKfg), political ads, and, of course, [Foensic Files](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tzb2OsQxGg&list=PLwJLfr7uOjTVQ5zPZaNVSwX_bcTAaEAIP), [Thomas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N567W1tzVw4) worked almost non-stop as an announcer for over 75 of his 91 years.

RIP.

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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-youve-heard-often-but-never-heard-of-has-died/759293/2 "2016-07-07T11:54:06Z")

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He was born to be an announcer and was one of the best in his field. We’ll miss that marvelous voice.

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**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-youve-heard-often-but-never-heard-of-has-died/759293/3 "2016-07-07T15:33:50Z")

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What a warm, friendly, reassuring voice. He’ll be missed.