Don LaFontaine dies

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Don LaFontaine dies

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LOS ANGELES — Don LaFontaine, the voice behind thousands of Hollywood movie trailers, has died. He was 68. LaFontaine's agent Vanessa Gilbert says the voiceover artist died Monday as a result of complications from the treatment of an ongoing illness at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
LaFontaine has been a fixture in Hollywood for decades, working on about 5,000 movie trailers. Much of his fame stems from his trademark movie-trailer catch phrase, "In a world where..."


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Dude... I loved that guy's voice for some reason... RIP...
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wow,,, :(

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RIP, Don. Your voice was stellar. :(
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awesome voice! the dude will be missed
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