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From Apryl Duncan, Former About.com Guide to Advertising

Voiceover Great Don LaFontaine Dies

Tuesday September 2, 2008
Don LaFontaine, who voiced 5,000 movie promos and numerous TV commercials died Monday. He was also featured in a Geico commercial, a rare on-camera performance, where he voiced a customer's experience with the insurance company. LaFontaine died from complications with a collapsed lung at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 68.
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