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->''"InAWorld"... [[AdamWesting There, I said it. Happy]]?"''
->--'''Don [=LaFontaine=]''', on ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' (one of his final roles)

->''"Trailers, commercials and school chicken reports will sound a lot emptier from now on without The Don. The largest hole his absence leaves, however, was summed up by a random Website/YouTube commentor: 'Now how will we know what kind of world we live in??'"''
->--PlatypusComix's memorial to him

InAWorld... where action movie trailers are made... one ordinary man, under extraordinary circumstances... will discover the [[LargeHamAnnouncer hidden power of his own voice]]... and change the world.

Even if you don't recognize the name, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QPMvj_xejg you know the voice.]] Don [=LaFontaine=] virtually single-handedly created the modern era of movie trailers with his distinctive voice and style of delivery. Don was respected throughout the industry for both his talent and personality and you would be hard pressed to find anyone imitating his distinctive delivery as anything but a respectful imitation or an AffectionateParody. Though best known for "InAWorld," Don's voice was reportedly heard in hundreds of thousands of TV spots and more than 5,000 times in movies and movie trailers in just about every genre imaginable. His favourite movie trailer was for ''Film/TheElephantMan'' which he not only voiced but also wrote. He did OpeningNarration for ''{{Fillmore}}'', ''Series/{{JAG}}'' and ''Series/TeamKnightRider'', and also starred AsHimself in the sketch ''Film/FiveMenAndALimo''. It is a testament to his legacy that even after [=LaFontaine=]'s death, trailers are now mostly voiced by the [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute very similar-sounding]] Miguel Ferrer. Nobody wants to see a movie unless a man with a gravelly voice tells them to.

In a world without The Man, The Myth, The Legend -- Don [=LaFontaine=] -- society must find a way... to survive.

RIP Don [=LaFontaine=] (1940-2008).
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