mol on 2/9/2008 at 06:36

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Oh crap. :(

Him and Hal Douglas were - well, Douglas still is, as far as I know - the most recognizable voices in the business.

Too bad. He was more than just a trailer voice, he had an impact in the pop culture. (http://aintitcool.com/node/38150)

Ashton Smith, another voice over artist said of him: "When you die, the voice you hear in heaven is not Don's. It's God trying to sound like Don. I wish he'd quit his day job..."

Well - now, the voice you hear in heaven is Don's.

Phydeaux on 2/9/2008 at 16:20

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I'm shattered. I loved that guy. You could do a 3 hour movie of a guy sipping tea reading the paper, and Don would make it sound exciting. I read that he could literally do 100+ jobs a day. One thing I could always count on at the theater would be a trailer for a crappy movie I'll never see, but I would always enjoy his voice making it sound better that it could ever be. I loved it, even if nobody else understood why I was laughing.

I'll miss The Voice.:(

rachel on 2/9/2008 at 16:32

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Aw, too bad :(

Loved his self-spoof in the Geico commercial.

henke on 3/9/2008 at 08:50

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R.I.P. Movietrailervoiceguy :(

And as if that wasn't enough, another one of the greats bit the dust two days ago. Co-star in Smokey and the Bandit 1 & 2, star of Smokey and the Bandit 3, chronicler of the life of Amos Moses and all around good ol' boy Jerry Reed died, aged 71.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnRwQjTYfGI) We've got a looong way to go and a short time to get there...

Keep on truckin', Snowman. :(