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Elwood Edwards, the voice of AOL's "You've got mail", dead at 74

He was paid $200.

Rob Beschizza
Nov 08, 2024
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Elwood Edwards on The Tonight Show

Elwood Edwards died Tuesday, one day before his 75th birthday. If not a household name, Edwards was a household sound for a generation of internet users: his was the voice America Online commissioned to say "You've got mail!' whenever you logged in and had something to read.

His former employer, WKYC-TV Studios in Clevel…

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