The man who lent his voice to AOL’s well-known “You’ve Got Mail” notification died on Tuesday.
Elwood Edwards was 74-years-old at the time of his death, his longtime employer WKYC said Thursday. He had been dealing with what the Cleveland-based outlet said was a “long illness.”
Edwards, well known by AOL users, lent his voice to the online service provider for its “You’ve Got Mail” notification some 35 years ago, according to WKYC.
The outlet described him as a “dear friend” and reported he was a “graphics guru, camera operator, and general jack-of-all-trades” during his long WKYC tenure.
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He once explained in a video published by AOL that his 1989 voiceover work for AOL arose from his wife, Karen, who he said “volunteered my voice” for the “then-upcoming AOL software.”
His recording of “You’ve Got Mail” for AOL occurred “on a cassette deck in my living room,” he said in the AOL video. He …