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Jerry Reed, Don LaFontaine die Monday
Actor Jerry Reed, left, and voice over legend Don LaFontaine died Monday.
From wire services
Jerry Reed, 71, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," died Monday of complications from emphysema. Don LaFontaine, 68, the man who popularized the now loved-catch phrase, "in a world where..." and lent his voice to thousands of movie trailers, also died Monday. Talk about your double tragedy.
Jerry Reed, 71, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," died Monday of complications from emphysema. Don LaFontaine, 68, the man who popularized the now loved-catch phrase, "in a world where..." and lent his voice to thousands of movie trailers, also died Monday. Talk about your double tragedy.
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