{"id":123473,"date":"2024-11-08T12:46:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T05:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123473"},"modified":"2024-11-08T12:46:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T05:46:21","slug":"elwood-edwards-who-provided-the-voice-for-aols-youve-got-mail-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123473","title":{"rendered":"Elwood Edwards, who provided the voice for AOL&#8217;s &#8216;You&#8217;ve Got Mail,&#8217; has died"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Check out what&#8217;s clicking on FoxBusiness.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The man who lent his voice to AOL\u2019s well-known &#8220;You\u2019ve Got Mail&#8221; notification died on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Elwood Edwards was 74-years-old at the time of his death, his longtime employer WKYC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyc.com\/article\/life\/people\/elwood-edwards-wkyc-employee-voice-aol-youve-got-mail-greeting-dies-74\/95-940b6ed4-b90b-4c4c-b0d5-6c57fddb6546\">said Thursday<\/a>. He had been dealing with what the Cleveland-based outlet said was a &#8220;long illness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Edwards, well known by AOL users, lent his voice to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online service provider<\/a> for its &#8220;You\u2019ve Got Mail&#8221; notification some 35 years ago, according to WKYC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/343\/192\/aol-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/686\/384\/aol-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/672\/378\/aol-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1344\/756\/aol-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/931\/523\/aol-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1862\/1046\/aol-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/aol-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/aol-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/931\/523\/aol-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"UKRAINE - 2021\/03\/15: In this photo illustration, AOL logo is seen on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images)\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>UKRAINE &#8211; 2021\/03\/15: In this photo illustration, AOL logo is seen on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images)<\/span><span> (Pavlo Gonchar\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The outlet described him as a &#8220;dear friend&#8221; and reported he was a &#8220;graphics guru, camera operator, and general jack-of-all-trades&#8221; during his long WKYC tenure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He once explained in a video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yKgiqsdyiAA\">published by AOL<\/a> that his 1989 voiceover work for AOL arose from his wife, Karen, who he said &#8220;volunteered my voice&#8221; for the &#8220;then-upcoming AOL software.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His recording of &#8220;You\u2019ve Got Mail&#8221; for AOL occurred &#8220;on a cassette deck in my living room,&#8221; he said in the AOL video. He also did &#8220;Welcome,&#8221; &#8220;Files Done&#8221; and &#8220;Goodbye&#8221; for the service.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It started off as a test just to see if it would catch on and, lo and behold, in the mid-90\u2019s it had really caught on. At one point, they said my voice was heard more than 35 million times a day,&#8221; he said in a separate video published by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cv1B9sPPOXo\">Great Big Story<\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/343\/192\/elwood-edwards.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/686\/384\/elwood-edwards.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/672\/378\/elwood-edwards.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1344\/756\/elwood-edwards.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/931\/523\/elwood-edwards.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1862\/1046\/elwood-edwards.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/elwood-edwards.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/elwood-edwards.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/931\/523\/elwood-edwards.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"elwood edwards\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON &#8212; Episode 0223 &#8212; Pictured: (l-r) Host Jimmy Fallon and Elwood Edwards during the Suggestion Box bit on March 4, 2015 &#8212; (Photo by: Douglas Gorenstein\/NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Ima<\/span><span> (Douglas Gorenstein\/NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Edwards\u2019 voice became increasingly well-known among the general public a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">longside AOL<\/a>. People with AOL Mail can still hear the &#8220;iconic \u2018You\u2019ve Got Mail\u2019 alert with the original voice&#8221; if they have certain settings turned on, according to an AOL help page.<\/p>\n<p>His famous &#8220;You\u2019ve Got Mail&#8221; work once led to him participating in a &#8220;The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon&#8221; segment in 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/business-leaders\/home-depot-co-founder-bernie-marcus-dead-95\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOME DEPOT CO-FOUNDER, GOP DONOR BERNIE MARCUS DEAD AT 95<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>AOL&#8217;s origins date back to the 80s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/elwood-edwards-provided-voice-aols-youve-got-mail-died\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out what&#8217;s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. 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