Elwood Hughes Edwards Jr. (November 6, 1949 – November 5, 2024) was an American voice actor. He was best known as the voice of various soundmarks for the Internet service provider America Online which he first recorded in 1989. [2][3][4] This included AOL's trademark "You've got mail" greeting. [4]

2014年12月11日 · As part of the branding effort for the platform—still in limited beta at the time—AOL unveiled a sunny icon that Internet users would come to associate with the service for years to come: the...

2024年11月7日 · Elwood Edwards, the voice behind AOL's "You've Got Mail" greeting, has died. He was 74. The iconic figure died on Tuesday after suffering from "a long illness," according to an announcement by a local news station, WKYC-TV, in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was formerly employed as graphics and camera operator, among other roles.

2014年7月28日 · Elwood Edwards is the voice behind AOL’s four famous phrases: “Welcome. You’ve got mail. File’s done. Goodbye.” Edwards, who has been doing commercial voice-overs since high school, told Williams...

2024年11月8日 · Elwood Edwards, who voiced the iconic AOL email alert "You’ve got mail!" has died, his daughter confirmed. His daughter says the cause was complications from a stroke. Edwards taped his AOL greeting in 1989 while sitting in the living room of his home.

2024年11月7日 · Elwood Edwards, a behind-the-scenes graphics and camera operator at local Cleveland television station WKYC whose voice was propelled to worldwide fame after he recorded AOL’s email greeting,...

2014年12月12日 · In the late 1990s and early 2000s the small blocky icon topped Buddy lists and dial-up screens everywhere and quickly took it's place in American culture. It became somewhat of a mascot for the...

2014年12月11日 · As part of the branding effort for the platform—still in limited beta at the time—AOL unveiled a sunny icon that Internet users would come to associate with the service for years to come: the...

2024年11月8日 · Elwood Edwards, the man behind the iconic voice for the "You've got mail" email notifications for AOL, has died at 74. In 1989, Edwards was paid $200 to record four lines for the upstart, America...

2024年11月8日 · 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....