Elwood Edwards died on Tuesday at the age of 74. He lent his voice to AOL’s well-known "You’ve Got Mail" notification.
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, ...
Edwards got the opportunity after his wife, who worked at an AOL predecessor, volunteered him for the job. He was paid $200.