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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDon Pardo has died at 96
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=893&sid=3684467WASHINGTON -- The legendary announcer Don Pardo died Monday, CBS News reports.
Pardo lent his legendary deep voice to everything from news to sports to game shows to, most famously, "Saturday Night Live" in a career that lasted nearly 60 years.
Even after his retirement, he continued to provide the voice-over for SNL. "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon, an SNL alumnus, says "there was nothing like the moment when Don Pardo said your name."
Pardo's daughter confirmed his death to CBS. He was 96.
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Don Pardo has died at 96 (Original Post)
Beaverhausen
Aug 2014
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Rhiannon12866
(205,467 posts)1. Oh! That's so sad!
valerief
(53,235 posts)2. He was a legend! I remember him when I was a kid, WAY WAY before SNL. nt
Rex
(65,616 posts)3. Wow, the legend of broadcasting.
The voice of TVEE when I was growing up.
RIP Don.
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)4. ...
Octafish
(55,745 posts)5. Mr. Pardo did sophisticated narration for Frank Zappa...
"Illinois Enema Bandit."
Great sense of humor...
nolabear
(41,986 posts)6. He started his career in the 1940s, in "the experiment" of television.
He was the voice of my whole life. RIP, man. An era is truly ended.