Man behind AOL's 'You’ve Got Mail' greeting dies at 74
Elwood Edwards, the voice behind AOL's "You've Got Mail" greeting, has died. He was 74. The iconic figure died on Tuesday after suffering from "a long illness," according to an announcement by a local news station, WKYC-TV, in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was formerly employed as graphics and camera operator, among other roles.
Elwood Edwards, the iconic voice behind AOL's classic "You've Got Mail" slogan, had died at 74, one day before what would ...
By Emmett Lindner Elwood Edwards, an announcer who voiced the ubiquitous AOL email alert “You’ve got mail” at a time when many Americans were just beginning to learn how to navigate the internet, ...
Elwood Edwards, the man behind the iconic "you've got mail' voice on AOL, has died at the age of 74. His former employer, ...
Edwards got the opportunity after his wife, who worked at an AOL predecessor, volunteered him for the job. He was paid $200.
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