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AOL’s ‘You’ve Got Mail’ voice, Elwood Edwards, dies at age 74


His voice can still be heard on AOL to this day.

By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Elwood Edwards, the voice of AOL’s “You’ve Got Mail” greeting, has died at age 74 after a long illness, according to local Ohio news station WKYC, where he was employed for many years. His wife, who worked at Quantum Computer Services (which later became AOL), heard that the company was looking to add a voice to its software.

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