King of movie trailers dies

[menyak]

Don "In a Land..." Lafontaine died yesterday at the age of 68. We will miss you, Donny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVDzuT0fXro

[knapplc]

Wow. One of the most famous people we never knew. He will be missed, that's for sure.

[Dr. Duran Duran]

I don't know what's more shocking, Don's passing or Menyak posting to General Talk?!?!?

I cannot recall a person who's voice was a better fit for movie trailers in Don LaFontaine. If I recall, he recently was featured in a Geico commerical, finally getting some well-deserved screen time. He'll be greatly missed.

Here's the commercial I'm referring to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJMGS7l0wT8

Furthermore, Pablo Francisco did a spot-on impression of LaFontaine which you can see here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPBvFXf9Q2U

[SniperShot]

Wow that's surprising. I guess he was hurting bad the past week and a half.

I'll sure miss his voice in movie trailers. Yeah I loved that Geico commercial.

Rest in piece.

[Dan Lambskin]

his best work was the Coupon: The Movie trailer on Mr. Show

[Madison]

Man had an amazing voice. RIP.

[knapplc]

I don't know what's more shocking, Don's passing or Menyak posting to General Talk?!?!?

I saw his name up there when he was posting it and thought that was rare to see the chef foraging around these parts. I about fell off my chair when I saw the thread.

But let's not act like anything weird is going on. If we act normal, maybe Menyak will start using the forums he created. Wouldn't that be funny?

[Metroid]

i do a pretty good Don Lafontaine voice...or at least it's good to me.

RIP dude.

[menyak]

I don't know what's more shocking, Don's passing or Menyak posting to General Talk?!?!?

I saw his name up there when he was posting it and thought that was rare to see the chef foraging around these parts. I about fell off my chair when I saw the thread.

But let's not act like anything weird is going on. If we act normal, maybe Menyak will start using the forums he created. Wouldn't that be funny?

Hey, it's my semi-annual post. I always keep you guys updated when something important in the world is going on.

[joelamosobadiah]

Just watched a documentary type deal on Youtube about him about 3 weeks ago, then this news. Sad.