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Silenced Voice
As you may have heard, we have lost the “king” of voices, Don LaFontaine. Don died in LA late yesterday of a pneumothorax/collapsed lung.
Some of you (especially my fellow commercial producers), may have worked with Don… I had the pleasure of knowing him, and working with him on occasion (when our clients could afford him) and always found him to be so gracious, helpful, and unbeliveably talented.
I last heard from Don a couple of weeks ago, a very long email detailing some rather serious heath issues that he had been struggling with… but he was upbeat and thought to be on the mend.
I had yet to reply to his email. Shame on me.
Life is short… get out and live it….
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
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[Todd Terry] “I had yet to reply to his email. Shame on me. Life is short… get out and live it….”
Yes, indeed it is. One of my sons, Ronnie, died yesterday in a car accident. His son, Caleb, also died in the accident with him. But I was very proud of the man he had become and he was a great Dad to his children.
Life is short, even for those of us who get the longer rides. Love those you are with and let them know their place in your life.
The day before he died, he had preached in our church in the morning and I was so proud of him. He knew it and when it was over, he walked up behind me and rubbed my shoulders for a bit and leaned in and told me, “I love you, Dad.” I told him that I was proud of him. They were to be my last words to him.
Don’t sweat the small stuff but don’t put off the important stuff.
Ron Lindeboom
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Oh God, Ron…. absoutely nothing to say in such a moment, other than deepest sympathies to you and your family.
Your last exchange with him will be a priceless memory.
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
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[Todd Terry] “Your last exchange with him will be a priceless memory.”
Thank you, Todd. It already is.
My thoughts are also with the family of Don LaFontaine, as I know that they will sorely miss him. I loved his voice and thought that he was the finest voice in commercials. I still remember the first time I saw the Geico commercial that had him in it, the second I heard that voice I erupted in laughter. That was a case of being so over the top that it could not have been done any more perfectly. They should have killed that series of commercials right there. Nothing else they have done since has been even close. Like Bob Newhart, they should have known when to quit and gone out on top.
Ron Lindeboom
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It is surreal, yet somehow appropriate to use this place to communicate something so deeply, deeply personal.
Ron & Kathlyn,
You have my deepest and most sincere sympathies. I can only imagine your pain and hope that it eases as time goes by.Your friend,
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Ron and Kathlyn, you are in my thoughts and prayers. Wow, life is definitely too short.
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My sympathies to you and the family, Ron, for a sorrow I cannot begin to fathom. We’ve talked before of fathers and sons, and it sounds like (and I hope) you parted on the best of terms; spoken or unspoken, that is something to be deeply cherished. I know he’ll still be with you in all you think and do in this world, until you mee again in the next. My prayers to you and the family today.
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[Nick Griffin] “It is surreal, yet somehow appropriate to use this place…”
It’s so appropriate simply because, unlike most industry gathering spots and on-line lists in anonymous cyberspace, the COW is not a forum… it’s a family.
I know Ron and Kathlyn know this, and hope they feel free to call on “the family” as needed… whether to swap a smile, share a memory, wipe a tear, or find a shoulder to lean on.
That’s what family does.
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
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Ron
I am so terribly sorry to hear about the loss of Ronnie and Caleb. I have a son and I can’t even imagine what you and your family are going thru. I wish I knew something to say but all I can offer is my condolences to you, Kathlyn and the rest of your family.
Herb Sevush
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My condolences also go out to you Ron. It has been a strange month here as well. One of my best clients lost the 19 year old child of her daughter in a rafting accident, another good friend lost a 7 year old niece to a drowning accident, and another choreographer I know locally had her healthy 21 year old daughter die in her sleep last week! Although very tragic, how awesome that the last words with your son were so special and meaningful.
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My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, Ron. May you all feel the comfort and peace that only God can bring.
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