In a World Without Voiceovers… Don LaFontaine Has Died

Posted by mike

September 2, 2008

Don LaFontaine, the man whose deep voice made him a film and television celebrity, has passed away today from complications from to Pneumothorax. While the name Don LaFontaine may not sound all that familiar to you at first (unless of course you’ve seen the recent Geico commercial he starred in), it’s almost a certainty that you’ve heard his voice on movies and TV. His most stated words were “In a world…” and they could often be found attached to a sentence that made you immediately more interested in a film. His energy and deep voice earned him voice over credits on over 5,000 projects spanning almost every medium of entertainment.