Final line: 'In a world…' on Phineas and Ferb
LaFontaine's last recorded performance was on the Phineas and Ferb episode 'The Chronicles of Meep,' where his final line was 'In a world.'
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Final Years, Death & 'In a World' as Last Words
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Chuck delivers the episode's most affecting passage: Don LaFontaine's death. Despite having quit smoking for twenty years, he was admitted to Cedars Sinai in 2008 with a pulmonary embolism. [1] — Chuck "LaFontaine was admitted to Cedars Sinai in 2008 with a pulmonary embolism and died September 1 at age 68 — despite having quit smoking two …" 15:00 His family rallied publicly, asking fans and colleagues to send their prayers. He died on September 1, 2008, ten days into his hospitalisation, at the age of 68. He is interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery — which, as Josh notes, is a place so legendary it warranted its own Stuff You Should Know short. Josh then delivers the quietly perfect coda: LaFontaine's final recorded performance was in an episode of Phineas and Ferb called 'The Chronicles of Meep,' and his very last line was 'In a world.' A tribute card ran at the end of the episode. As Josh says, with obvious feeling: 'A great final line.'
Passed away age 68 in 2008
Don LaFontaine died on September 1, 2008, at age 68 from a pulmonary embolism, about ten days after being hospitalised at Cedars Sinai.
Interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
LaFontaine is interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, the legendary LA burial ground previously covered in its own Stuff You Should Know episode.
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