Don LaFontaine created the modern movie trailer. You should know his voice. If not, you know his trademark phrase, "In a world..." It's been the subject of countless bad jokes, bad radio parodies, and awful impressions. I always wanted to sound like him. But no one could truly capture the sound. The frequencies that came out his throat could not be copied. His dulcet tones were unique, unmistakable, and irreplaceable. The voice of God has been silenced. LaFontaine, dead from a collapsed lung. He was 68.
This is a rare video piece about his life:
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