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DjfunkmasterG
02-Sep-2008, 11:26 AM
http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/09/64990/index.html

This man has done over 5000 films, the single busiest actor in SAG history,
bassman
02-Sep-2008, 01:19 PM
For some reason the line, "In a world...." comes to mind....
DjfunkmasterG
02-Sep-2008, 01:21 PM
Was weird watching that Tom Cruise/Les Grossman commercial, because I read about Don's death just before watching it, and there he is doing the voice over in the trailer.
bassman
02-Sep-2008, 01:23 PM
I just realized where the link takes you to. Normally get your news from Entertainment Tonight?:rockbrow::lol:
slickwilly13
02-Sep-2008, 02:02 PM
Damn, wasn't expecting this. I wonder who his replecement will be. Man, change sucks sometimes.
bassman
02-Sep-2008, 02:04 PM
Damn, wasn't expecting this. I wonder who his replecement will be. Man, change sucks sometimes.

I don't think he's the only voice over guy in the business.

My own little tribute to LaFontaine. His greatest work:



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DjfunkmasterG
02-Sep-2008, 05:09 PM
Thats not Don Lafontaine.

The Voice Over int he Tropic Thunder Commercial is Don LaFontaine, and he also did the Night of the Living Dead 1990 Trailer, and nearly all of Shwarzeneggers films.

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bassman
02-Sep-2008, 05:15 PM
I read that it is him....
Bub666
02-Sep-2008, 05:15 PM
Damn, wasn't expecting this. I wonder who his replecement will be. Man, change sucks sometimes.

I don't think any any one can ever replace him.
DjfunkmasterG
02-Sep-2008, 05:19 PM
He was sometimes referred to as the VOICE of god. He did so many voice overs, one of them being, the VO for the Clint Eastwood Spaghetti westerns. Mainly the Good The Bad and The Ugly.
slickwilly13
02-Sep-2008, 08:04 PM
Jerry Reed died yesterday.
Danny
02-Sep-2008, 08:18 PM
on one hand the man was a legend.


on the other its gonna be kind of nice not to hear that damn voice for every action movie trailer i see:lol:.
MinionZombie
02-Sep-2008, 08:53 PM
Methinks a bloke called Redd Pepper (who has an equally deep, gruff voice) will be getting a LOT of work now...he's a Brit, used to be a tube train driver. Obviously he puts on an American accent for his trailer voice overs.

He's got a 'trailer voice', I'm trying to find a vid of him on YouTube...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redd_Pepper

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1005611/

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DjfunkmasterG
02-Sep-2008, 10:06 PM
That dude did the voice over for Return of the Living Dead 3. not the short one, but the one on the DVD