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Aug 19, 2014 · Don Pardo, the durable television and radio announcer whose resonant voice-over style was widely imitated and became the standard in the field, died Monday in Arizona at the age of 96. Pardo — a ...
Aug 19, 2014 · Diane Sawyer reveals the stories people have been buzzing about all week.
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In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Don Pardo (1918-2014) talks about joining NBC in 1944. He defines his duties as a staff announcer and lists several of the radio and early television series on which he worked. He describes his trademark announcing style and speaks of his long association with several game shows, including the original The Price Is Right, Choose Up Sides (where he appeared on-camera as "Mr. Mischief"), and the original Jeopardy! (which launched the pop culture ...
Aug 19, 2014 · Legendary television announcer Don Pardo died Monday at age 96, his family confirmed. As NBC’s staff announcer for more than 60 years, Pardo voiced the iconic
Aug 19, 2014 · Don Pardo, the durable television and radio announcer whose resonant voice-over style was widely imitated and became the standard in the field, died Monday in Arizona at the age of 96. Pardo, with ...
Aug 18, 2014 · Announcer, Voice Actor. In a career that spanned eight decades, he will best be remembered as the voice of 'Saturday Night Live'. Born Dominick George Pardo, he acted in high school productions and won the Newton Perkins Prize for public speaking in his senior year. He attended Boston’s Emerson College, hoping to...
Dominick George "Don" Pardo (February 22, 1918 – August 18, 2014) was an American radio and TV announcer best known for being the announcer for Saturday Night Live. He was married to Catherine Lyons and they had five children.
