'Saturday Night Live' Announcer Don Pardo Dead at 96

[doxydad]

Longtime announcer Don Pardo, the booming voice of “Saturday Night Live,” died Monday at 96, an NBC spokesman confirmed.

Pardo, born in 1918, joined NBC Radio in 1944. He gained the job after visiting 30 Rockefeller Plaza for a tour – he said “hello” to a supervisor, and that’s all it took, according to a 1994 NPR profile.

Pardo gained popularity for news coverage, including war updates and early reports about the Nov. 22, 1963 shooting of John F. Kennedy. Pardo made the successful switch to television, his baritone voice becoming omnipresent on game shows such as “Jeopardy!” and “The Price is Right.”

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/saturday-night-live-announcer-don-pardo-dead-96/story?id=25031550

Well done, Don! You'll be missed

[LeftofObama]

1. Truly the end of an era.

RIP Don!



I deleted my post since you posted first.

[shenmue]

2. Rest in peace

[IDemo]

3. Don on the pomposity of elongated verbiage:

[eShirl]

4. he reprised his "Jeopardy" role for Weird Al Yankovic's video

[n2doc]

7. That was one of my favorites n/t

[meegbear]

10. +1

[Motown_Johnny]

5. Williams, Bacall, Pardo

Anyone looking for a group of 3 can stop looking.

This guy was a household name too. I don't think I will ever forget the sound of his voice.

[customerserviceguy]

6. I'm sure

there are many dozens of SNL alums who will never forget the first time they heard him announce their name at the beginning of the show. What a workhorse Don Pardo was!

[Iggo]

8. "Chicago, six oh six oh eight."

[mac56]

12. "The Spiegel catalog!"

[Gothmog]

9. May he rest in peace

[progressoid]

11. 96.

Good for Don.