Don LaFontaine died on Monday from complications related to a collapsed lung. Many had heard the voice of Don LaFontaine but none had actually seen him until recently when he was in a Geico insurance commercial. LaFontaine had been nicknamed "King of the Movie Trailers" after he had been heard in thousands of radio and television commercials.LaFontiane died at the age of 68 and is best known by the famous catch phrase that he was often heard saying, "In a world..." and in the Geico commercial he was known as the announcer guy. LaFontaine was reported to have died at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and there has been no official report as to the cause of death as of now.
Just recently Dr. Dre's son died and this left many wondering who was next on the list of celebrities or well known people that would die. Dr. Dre's son wasn't the only one who had died; Dave Freeman who is the author of "100 Things to do Before You Die" had also died. The deaths of celebrities like LaFontaine and those listed bring us back to reality to realize that everyone dies and death is not prejudiced.
Over the past twenty-five years LaFontaine, aside from being the preeminent voice in the movie trailer industry, has also worked as the voice of Entertainment Tonight and The Insider, as well as for CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox and UPN, in addition to TNT, TBS and the Cartoon Network. By conservative estimates, he voiced hundreds of thousands of television and radio spots, and most recently parodied himself on a series of national television commercials for Geico, reports ETonline.com. He is survived by his wife, singer/actress Nita Whitaker and three children Christine, Skye and Elyse.
