New York CNN —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, ‘You’ve Got Mail,’ has died, according to his former employer.
More than 30 years ago, Edwards recorded four iconic lines for what was then a little-known company called America Online.
His wife, Karen, worked at Quantum Computer Services, which eventually became AOL, Edwards said in an AOL YouTube video in 2012.
She volunteered her husband, and Edwards recorded the phrases on a cassette deck in his living room.
“I didn’t enjoy being on camera as much as I enjoyed being behind the scenes,” Edwards said on the podcast.
Persons:
New York CNN — Elwood Edwards, ‘, ’, WKYC, ”, Edwards, Karen, Steve Case, ” Edwards, Corey Cambridge, …, Jimmy Fallon ”
Organizations:
New, New York CNN, Cleveland, AOL, America, Quantum Computer Services, AOL YouTube, America Online, CNN
Locations:
New York, CompUSA, Cleveland , Ohio, New Bern , North Carolina