It is an extremely sad day in the movie world, You may not recognize the name Don LaFontaine but you definitely know the voice.
LaFontaine, who passed away Monday at the age of 68, was THE voice of movie trailers for almost 30 years.
The Minnesota-born LaFontaine reportedly voiced over 5,000 trailers and almost 350,000 commercials. He's responsible for the ubiquitous trailer-opening phrase "In a world..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QPMvj_xejg
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