It's the end of an era—on November 5, a day before what would have been his 75th birthday, Elwood Edwards of America Online (AOL)'s "You've got mail!" fame died of illness, as reported by his former place of employment, WKYC Studios on WTHR.
While Elwood Edwards was best known for his lineup of AOL quotes, namely "You've got mail!", "Files done," "Goodbye," and "Welcome," he was also active on the radio and in various newsrooms up until his retirement, working on graphics, camera operation, and more. His pay for the original AOL collaboration in 1989 was just $200. Still, in the following decades, that voice role established him in the collective consciousness, leading to subsequent cameos even in TV shows like The Simpsons.
