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Beaverhausen

(24,470 posts) Mon Aug 18, 2014, 11:59 PM Aug 2014

Don Pardo has died at 96

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=893&sid=3684467


WASHINGTON -- 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 OP
Oh! That's so sad! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2014 #1
He was a legend! I remember him when I was a kid, WAY WAY before SNL. nt valerief Aug 2014 #2
Wow, the legend of broadcasting. Rex Aug 2014 #3
... 2naSalit Aug 2014 #4
Mr. Pardo did sophisticated narration for Frank Zappa... Octafish Aug 2014 #5
He started his career in the 1940s, in "the experiment" of television. nolabear Aug 2014 #6

Octafish

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5. Mr. Pardo did sophisticated narration for Frank Zappa...
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Tue Aug 19, 2014, 01:09 AM
Aug 2014

"Illinois Enema Bandit."

Great sense of humor...

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6. He started his career in the 1940s, in "the experiment" of television.
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Tue Aug 19, 2014, 01:12 AM
Aug 2014

He was the voice of my whole life. RIP, man. An era is truly ended.

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