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As reported in the Los Angeles Times, Don LaFontaine, the highly sought-after voice-over artist whose sonorous-voiced narration on several thousand movie trailers earned him the title of “The Trailer King,” has died. He was 68.
LaFontaine, who also did voice-over work on countless radio and network television promotional spots and commercials, died Monday of complications after treatment for an illness at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his family said. The illness was not specified.
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In addition, LaFontaine was profiled in Mix‘s April 2006 “Project Studio” column, “The Voice of God in High Def.”