In a world...where one man...is the most famous voice in film and television...what happens...when that voice...is silenced?Don LaFontaine, who did the voiceovers in just about every movie trailer ever, died yesterday from complications from pneumothorax (that's the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity, the result of a collapsed lung).
Over the past 25 years, LaFontaine cemented his position as the “King of Voiceovers.” Aside from being the preeminent voice in the movie trailer industry, Don also worked as the voice of Entertainment Tonight and The Insider, as well as for CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox and UPN, in addition to TNT, TBS and the Cartoon Network. By conservative estimates, he voiced hundreds of thousands of television and radio spots, including commercials for Chevrolet, Pontiac, Ford, Budweiser, McDonalds, Coke, and many other corporate sponsors.
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