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The voice of AOL’s ‘You’ve got mail!’ has died at 74
The voice of “You’ve got mail!”, recorded in 1989 for Quantum Computer Services (later America Online), has passed away. Elwood Edwards was 74.
He was a longtime off-camera presence at the Cleveland TV station, working as a graphic designer, camera operator and jack-of-all-trades employee. His wife, Karen Edwards, worked at Quantum when she heard the company’s then-CEO talking about needing a voice for the software that would soon bombard mailboxes across the US. The new-message catchphrase, recorded in Edwards’ calm and welcoming voice, became a cultural phenomenon in AOL’s ‘90s and early 2000s heyday.
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