Elwood Edwards, photo courtesy of WKYC TV in Cleveland, Ohio.
RON JORDAN, KSJB LOCAL NEWS –
Elwood Edwards is dead. You may not know his name but if you’re old enough you’ve probably heard his voice thousands of times.
Edwards was asked by a startup software company to record three phrases which he did on a cassette machine in his living room in 1989. The company paid him $250 dollars for his trouble. The phrases were “file downloaded,” “goodbye” and the one you’re most likely to remember: AOL’s famous, “You’ve got mail!”
He died of an undisclosed illness. Elwood Edwards was 75.
CLICK HERE for a profile of Edwards from WKYC TV in Cleveland Ohio.
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