Here's an excerpt from the bio on his official website:
Over the past 25 years, LaFontaine cemented his position as the "King of Voice-overs." Aside from his continuing work in the trailer industry, he has also been the voice of NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox and UPN, in addition to TNT, TBS and the Cartoon Network. By conservative estimates, he has voiced hundreds of thousands of television and radio spots, including commercials for Chevrolet, Pontiac, Ford, Budweiser, McDonalds, Coke, and many other corporate sponsors. At last count, he has worked on nearly 5000 films, including appearances as the in-show announcer for the Screen Actors Guild and Academy Awards. Based on contracts signed, he has the distinction of being perhaps the single busiest actor in the history of SAG.
LaFontaine is survived by his wife, singer/actress Nina Whitaker, and three children.
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The_Undoing
Why the f*ck does everyone keep dying!?! By this rate, all we will have left is Ashton Kutcher and Uwe Boll! And they suck! Balls! God I wish i was dead.
3 years agoby @the-undoingFlag
Nyfresh
R.I.P
3 years agoby @leo16Flag
Marcusx
pablo francisco, little tortilla boy....your legacy will carry on thru the hearts of us all
3 years agoby @marcusxFlag
Space101
I'll stick with the first line of this article...Movie trailers will never be the same again. RIP
3 years agoby @space101Flag
Diaigma
I've enjoyed every trailer you voiced. RIP my friend.
3 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
moviedirector88
I was totally shocked this morning to hear about this!
Like what the hell?! 65 (!) freaking years!
I am trully gonna miss hime, and the world has lost one of the greates voices :(
2008 has taken many great peoples lives, first Heath and now Don, I wonder who ells is gonna die.
Damn its so sad :(
3 years agoby @moviedirector88Flag
brew1701
son of a bitch!! now this guy died! this sucks, things are not meant to last forever i guess
3 years agoby @brew1701Flag
Solar XI
Damn! I love to try to imitate this guy... but that sucks
3 years agoby @solarxiFlag
The Doctor
But Damn, it a reallly bad year for Celebrities. All the brilliant ones are sadly taken away from us.
3 years agoby @ghettokidFlag
The Doctor
R.I.P to one of the best voicers for movie trailers.
3 years agoby @ghettokidFlag
The Dark Knight
oh sh*t this sucks I remember this guy on frank TV
3 years agoby @thedarkknight23Flag
Psycho
Thats sad. RIP, I am going to miss not hereing your voice in movie trailers.
3 years agoby @physco-123Flag
Vamp
Oh for the love of God! How can all these actors die all in the same year! Goodness me! R.I.P. Mr. LaFontaine.
3 years agoby @vampire2000Flag
CelluloidDreams
Christ what is going on......
I Just heard on CNN that Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died too!!!!!
3 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
PypeBomb
He probably smoked 4 packs of Marlboro reds a day to get his voice to sound that way...too bad cigarettes are bad for ya Don.
~ another one bites the dust
3 years agoby @pypebombFlag
The Dark Knight
the next person to die probably is cedric the entertainer ? RIP another one errr
3 years agoby @thedarkknight23Flag
Flrep07
RIP. entertain those this people above with your outstanding voice over. peace..
3 years agoby @flrep07Flag
Phil Mata
Another Hollywood great lost. RIP Don LaFontaine
3 years agoby @phil-mataFlag
PUNISHER
Thats too bad. R.I.P.
3 years agoby @cerealkillerFlag
The Anarchist
RIP
3 years agoby @dr-manhattanFlag
CelluloidDreams
Brad Renfro
Bernie Mac
Isaac Hayes
Sydney Pollack
George Carlin
Illustrator Jack Kamen (1920-2008), who provided the comic book art for Creepshow, died August
Stan Winston
Roy Scheider
Evelyn Keyes
Estelle Getty
Anthony Minghella
& now ....Don LaFontaine ...a really bad year for Hollywood Greats!!!
3 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
JonSpidey07
damn man
damn
this year is so sad, it's like another 2005 one of the worst years ever
too many good people dying
why God? :(
it's not fair anymore
3 years agoby @jonspidey07Flag
CelluloidDreams
Said Very Sad.....
We lost so any people in 2008. Also we lost Brad Renfro!
3 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
kupo
great voice actor he'll be greatly missed
@moviebuff123
i dont mean to be a dick
but dane cook didn't do that joke, it was pablo francisco.
3 years agoby @moogleFlag
MovieBuff
This guy made ANY movie sound like it was exciting. He made it seem like you had to be there. Dane Cook said it best when he imitated him for an imaginary movie called Tortilla Boy.
Imagine his voice saying "He was just a boy.... who needed to sell his tortillas.... but THEY got greedy and wanted him stopped..... He had no choice but to defend himself..... Arnold Schwarzenegger in..... THE TORTILLA BOY" haha
The guy could sell any trashy movie like it was the hottest ticket in town. He was good! Rest in Peace my man.
3 years agoby @moviebuff123Flag
slysnide
The greatest voice-actor in movie history. R.I.P.
The List Of Famous Losses: 2008
1. Heath Ledger
2. Roy Scheider
3. Tim Russert
4. Stan Winston
5. ??? (co-creator of "kermit the frog"/muppeteer)
6. George Carlin
7. Bernie Mac
8. Isaac Hayes
9. Don LaFontaine
...and the list goes on.
3 years agoby @slysnideFlag
...YeahButTheBookWasBetter
Wrong...I dont think any one will ever be as famous as he was with Voice work, Pablo Francisco can honor his voice
3 years agoby @theboywhocriedsequelFlag
Tronticon
Very sad news!!!!! What a huge loss!!!
3 years agoby @tronticonFlag
Marcusx
The voice of advertising will never be the same again. Give my condolences to Ledger, Ritter, Hayes and Farley.
-speechless
3 years agoby @marcusxFlag
Soylent Green:The Devil's Eyes
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THIS F*CKING SUCKS!!!!!
THIS GUY WAS AWESOME
how many dead this year does that make it?? 10? 11??
RIP Dude
3 years agoby @jcisawesomeFlag