Don LaFontaine dead at 68
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Sep 1, 2008 7:37 PM
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Voiceover Master Don LaFontaine has died. He was 68.
LaFontaine, known as the "King of Voiceovers," died Monday afternoon at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. LaFontaine's agent, Vanessa
Gilbert, tells ET that he passed away following complications from
Pneumothorax, the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity, the
result of a collapsed lung. The official cause of death has not yet
been released.
Over the past 25 years, LaFontaine cemented his position as the "King
of Voiceovers." Aside from being the preeminent voice in the movie
trailer industry, Don 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, including
commercials for Chevrolet, Pontiac, Ford, Budweiser, McDonalds, Coke,
and many other corporate sponsors.
He recently parodied himself on a series of national television
commercials for Geico. 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. Don is survived by his wife -- singer/actress Nita Whitaker, and
three children: Christine, Skye and Elyse.
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--- On Tue, 9/2/08, Glen Tubbesing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Glen Tubbesing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [AP] Re: proRes available for windows and as a reader
To: [email protected]
Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 9:26 AM
BTW... if anyone is having a problem with the link, here's a TinyURL
version that works fine...
http://tinyurl. com/5tx3mj
Glen in Vegas
--- In Adobe-Premiere@ yahoogroups. com, Glen Tubbesing <gtubbesing@ ...>
wrote:
>
> rendernyc wrote:
> > heres apples page for the windows version of the HiRes codec...
> >
>
http://www.apple. com/support/ downloads/ appleproresquick timedecoder10for
windows.html
> >
>
> BTW, if you closely read the EULA, you'll see...
>
> THE APPLE SOFTWARE IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR
> FACILITIES, AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AIR TRAFFIC
> CONTROL SYSTEMS, LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES OR OTHER EQUIPMENT IN WHICH THE
> FAILURE OF THE APPLE SOFTWARE COULD LEAD TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR
> SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.
>
> Well, I'm glad to know that Windows is good for something! :-D
>
> Glen in Vegas
>
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