OT: Jerry Reed & Don LaFontaine pass on...

[Unidyne]

Jerry Reed: Country music singer/composer and actor (Smokey & the
Bandit, Gator, Concrete Cowboys).

Age 71, Nashville TN, Complications from emphysema.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/02/obit.reed.ap/index.html

Quote: "When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple
answer: Money."

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Don LaFontaine: Voice-over artist whose narration on motion picture
trailers made him something of a star. He made over 5,000 film trailers
("In a world..." "One man..." "...This time, it's for real!") and over
350,000 commercials and promotional spots.

Age 68, Los Angeles, "following complications from Pneumothorax, the
presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity, the result of a collapsed
lung."

http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/09/64990/index.html

Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJMGS7l0wT8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QPMvj_xejg

I can't help but ask... Did Don Lafontaine sound like God, or did God
sound like Don LaFontaine?

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Steven F. Scharff

[Joe Strike]

Not too long ago he was in one of those Geico commercials where he sat
alongside an average person and turned their insurance story into a
dramatic recitation. I think he started with "In a world where" too...

[Brian O'Connell]

"Joe Strike" <joestr...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:39f3b755-c5fa-44e5...@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

> Not too long ago he was in one of those Geico commercials where he sat
> alongside an average person and turned their insurance story into a
> dramatic recitation. I think he started with "In a world where" too...

And Cinematic Titanic recently released a DVD of Roger Corman's "The Wasp
Woman", which starred Jerry Reed (I guess that makes it semi on topic, since
the lead villainess turns into an anthro wasp). That's a weird coincidence
right there, I didn't watch it until last night. *cue Twilight Zone music
here*