Sep 2, 3:31 PM EDT
Don LaFontaine, voice of movie trailers, dies
By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON
Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Don LaFontaine, the man who popularized the catch phrase "In a world where..." and lent his voice to thousands of movie trailers, has died. He was 68. LaFontaine died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from complications in the treatment of an ongoing illness, said Vanessa Gilbert, his agent.
LaFontaine made more than 5,000 trailers in his 33-year career while working for the top studios and television networks.
In a rare on-screen appearance in 2006, he parodied himself on a series of national television commercials for a car insurance company where he played himself telling a customer, "In a world where both of our cars were totally under water..."
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A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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Didn't scroll down far enough when I heard the news. Delete my notice. "In a world where..." is to be heard no more.
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Good acting requires an imagination; reality requires a person not getting lost in their imagination.
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Good acting requires an imagination; reality requires a person not getting lost in their imagination.
"It's better to have a gun if you need it". Felix's opthamologist
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It just won't be the same "In a world..." 
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As requested.Rod wrote:Didn't scroll down far enough when I heard the news. Delete my notice. "In a world where..." is to be heard no more.
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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I saw this guy live at a club doing his impression of LaFontaine.
And here's the man himself. Enjoy!
And here's the man himself. Enjoy!
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I can say honestly that the short list to replace Don LaFontaine is populated by neither Gary Burghoff or Henry Gibson.
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