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Don Pardo, the long time television, radio & Saturday Night Live announcer has passed away at age 96.



Veteran television and radio announcer Dominick “Don” Pardo, best known as the voice of Saturday Night Live, has died. He was 96.

Pardo passed away Monday evening, an NBC rep confirms to TVLine.

Pardo retired from NBC in 2004, but continued to provide the introductions for SNL — most recently, pre-recording them from his home in Arizona. He had only missed one season of SNL — the show’s seventh — giving him a longer tenure than even Lorne Michaels (who stepped away for five seasons).

“I can’t imagine the show without [Don],” Michaels once said, “and as long as he’s there, I stay young.”

Pardo — a 2010 Television Hall of Fame inductee — also lent his voice to game shows The Price Is Right, Jackpot and Jeopardy! He and iconic entertainer Bob Hope were the only two people to have lifetime contracts with NBC.

I wonder who the muuuusical guest will be at his funeral.

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Classic voice. I didn't know he was 96.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

At that age I wonder if he did either.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Lived a full life. One of the great voices in broadcasting. Loved him on "The Illinois Enema Bandit."

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Truly a classic voice, and he'll be missed for sure. RIP.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Stern 101 replayed a mystery guest from 1983 today who happened to be Don Pardo in auditory disguise. Pretty good stuff. I understand that voice registers get lower over the years but what happened to Stern's voice can't be natural.

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Spanish Honor Society 1,2,3,4
Forensics 1,2,3,4

"Smiles with Nostrils"

"...no Hmong, go find some blacks"

He has always sounded different on his TV appearances, than he does in his radio studio. Now, it's not just his voice that is altered. His hair, nose, chin, and teeth are all bought, and paid for.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

I always have suspected that's a wig.

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Let's do it for Johnny!

I wish I could find the old thread on the SFN about his wig. Somebody went to great lenghts, to show his different hairlines over the years. A hairline may recede, but it doesn't go the other way naturally.

There were also some funny GIFs of him moving his hair out of his eyes on Letterman, and weird things were moving around.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way