Edwards recorded the iconic AOL lines at home with a cassette recorder for $200. Little did he know, he would become the ...

The man’s claim to fame eventually led to a small voice cameo in The Simpsons and an appearance on The Tonight Show.

Elwood Edwards, who voiced America Online’s ever-present “You’ve got mail” greeting, has died. He was 74. He died Tuesday at his home in New Bern, North Carolina, said his daughter Heather ...

Edwards taped his AOL greeting in 1989 into a recorder while sitting in the living room of his home. "You’ve got mail" became a pop culture catchphrase in the late 1990s and served as the title ...

Elwood Edwards, an announcer and local TV staffer who became internationally famous as the voice of AOL’s “You’ve got mail!” prompt to millions at the dawn of the internet era, has died.

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Elwood Edwards, a broadcast-television veteran who became a friendly and familiar voice of the dot-com era, recording a two-second message — “You’ve got mail” — that greeted millions of ...

Elwood Edwards, an announcer and local TV staffer who became internationally famous as the voice of AOL’s “You’ve got mail!” prompt to millions at the dawn of the internet era, has died. He was 74. He ...