In a World Where People Are Mortal: Movie Trailer Voice Dies

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This is pretty sad. While I'm sure there are other voices out there for movie trailers, Don LaFontaine was one for the ages. He could make a crappy movie sound good. And he actually seemed to have a pretty good sense of humor about himself. Will they retire the phrase "In a world. . ." out of respect?

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Without Don LaFontaine, Movie Trailers Will Never Sound The Same

The most famous voice in the U.S.A. died Monday. Don LaFontaine, the man who popularized the catch phrase "In a world where..." passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from complications of a collapsed lung, his agent Vanessa Gilbert said. . .

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