Elwood Edwards, voice of AOL ‘You’ve got mail’ greeting, dies aged 74 | AOL
Elwood Edwards, voice of AOL ‘You’ve got mail’ greeting, dies aged 74 | AOL
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Bu içerikte, AOL’un “You’ve got mail” (Postanız var) selamını seslendiren Elwood Edwards’ın 74 yaşında vefat ettiği haber verilmektedir. Kızı Heather Edwards’a göre, Edwards geçen yılın sonunda geçirdiği bir inme sonucu yaşamını yitirmiştir. 1989 yılında evinde otururken bir kayıt cihazına AOL selamını kaydeden Edwards, “You’ve got mail” ifadesi 1990’larda popüler bir deyim haline gelmiş ve Tom Hanks ve Meg Ryan’ın başrollerini paylaştığı 1998 yapımı bir filmde kullanılmıştır. Edwards ayrıca AOL’un “Welcome” (Hoş geldiniz), “Goodbye” (Hoşça kal) ve “File’s done” (Dosya hazır) mesajlarının da seslendirme sanatçısıydı. Kısaca tanınmayan ancak milyonlarca insanın her gün duyduğu bir ses olan Edwards, radyoda ve televizyonda çalışmış, ardından seslendirme işlerinde de yer almıştır. Ailesi, New Bern’de Pazartesi günü bir anma töreni düzenlemeyi planlamaktadır.
Elwood Edwards, who voiced AOL’s “You’ve got mail” greeting, has died, aged 74.
Edwards died on Tuesday at his home in New Bern, North Carolina, his daughter Heather Edwards said. The cause was complications from a stroke late last year, she said.
Edwards taped his AOL greeting into a recorder while sitting in the living room of his home in 1989. “You’ve got mail” became a catchphrase in the late 1990s and served as the title of the 1998 film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
Edward Elwood. Photograph: Social Media
“He would still blush anytime someone brought it up,” his daughter said. “He loved the attention, but he never got used to it.”
He was also the voice of AOL’s “Welcome”, “Goodbye” and “File’s done” messages. He made $200 (£155) from the recordings.
He got the gig while working at an independent television station in Washington DC. His second wife, Karen, was a customer service representative for the internet provider that later became known as AOL. She heard the company was looking for someone to be the voice of its software and suggested her husband.
Heather Edwards said: “They were so impressed, they didn’t have him go in a recording booth.”
While few people knew Edwards’ face, his voice was heard by millions of people every day. “For a while, America Online [AOL] was keeping it a secret, making me a man of mystery. But finally it was released, and there you go,” Edwards said in 1999.
He appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2015 to repeat the catchphrase, smiling broadly and chuckling as the studio audience cheered. He also added his voice to an episode of The Simpsons in 2000.
Edwards first worked in radio and then moved into television. He had a brief stint as a weatherman and worked as an announcer, but mostly he spent his time behind the camera, Heather Edwards said.
“He would say: ‘I have a face for radio,’” she said, adding that her father “always had a ready smile anytime you’d see him”.
He later worked at WKYC-TV in Cleveland as a “graphics guru, camera operator, and general jack of all trades”, the station said. Edwards also did freelance voiceover work for radio and television commercials.
He is survived by another daughter, Sallie Edwards, a granddaughter, Abbie Edwards, and his brother, Bill.
The family plans to hold a memorial service on Monday in New Bern.
Elwood Edwards, voice of AOL ‘You’ve got mail’ greeting, dies aged 74 | AOL
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