David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
9/2/08 11:18 a.m.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/02/obit.lafontaine/index.html

Duke
Duke Dork
9/2/08 11:21 a.m.

Now that's a minor tragedy. My thoughts are with his family.

Dr. Hess
Dr. Hess SuperDork
9/2/08 11:23 a.m.

Those Geico commercials were the best.

wreckerboy
wreckerboy SuperDork
9/2/08 11:24 a.m.

In a world gone mad, Bob Costas walks into a room with his agent and says...

therex
therex SuperDork
9/2/08 12:16 p.m.

Why can't someone we DON'T like die for once?

Damn.

captainzib
captainzib Reader
9/2/08 12:52 p.m.
therex wrote: Why can't someone we DON'T like die for once? Damn.

The list is long, you'd think the odds are in our favor.

I saw in interview with LaFontaine once, and he improved one of his classic "In a world..." lines regarding salad. This man made salad serious. He was one of those guys that I never knew was funny, but that's cause he was never paid to be funny. You gotta think though, with the job he had, it would be hard to take oneself seriously.

Jensenman
Jensenman SuperDork
9/3/08 5:28 a.m.

Yet another great is gone.

I like how he didn't take himself seriously, he said that if he used that 'In a world...' voice in public, people would most likely call security.

Jerry From LA
Jerry From LA Reader
9/3/08 10:08 a.m.

Yeah I'm cross-posting but this is a special circumstance so please let it stick...

Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QPMvj_xejg to hear Don's story narrated by himself of course.

Or hear a montage of Pablo Francisco's hilarious send-ups of Don La Fontaine at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le07X0j_uaY&feature=related

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