AOL’s ‘You’ve Got Mail’ voice, Elwood Edwards, dies at age 74

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/7/24290700/elwood-edwards-aol-youve-got-mail-voice-obituary

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millifoo@lemmings.world · 39 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Back in the (late) 90s, for $10 or so, Elwood would record a customized "you've got mail!" message for you. I had him create one for my (now) wife, using her real first name, as well as her nickname. "Elizabeth, you've got mail!"

return2ozma@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

That's so awesome!

TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Oh shit

I set "You've got mail" as my default notification sound as a joke less than a week ago. (E: not quite, more like 10 days ago)

RIP, your voice was heard by millions.

atlas@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y

damn, a lot of people heard your ringtone in such a short amount of time

A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Man I've had enough bad news for one week :(

sbv@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y

Be strong for Elwood.

hperrin@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y

That’s not who I wanted to see dead at 74.

sirboozebum@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I really miss the early internet.

jagged_circle@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I don't miss having to insert a new CD for a few hours of free dialup. Waiting 5 minutes for a picture of tits to load. Fighting with my sister because she picked up the phone when I was in the middle of a fap session in the family computer room with the door wedged shut

sirboozebum@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

I didn't miss that.

But I do miss the content, structure and vastness of the old internet.

Now it has been turned into a strip mall dominated by Facebook, Google, etc. and enshittenification.

intensely_human@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 1y

He looks exactly like he sounds.

c0smokram3r@midwest.social · 9 pts · 1y
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jdw@links.mayhem.academy · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

You never really think there’s people behind these things.

jdw@links.mayhem.academy · 1 pts · 1y
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return2ozma@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
altima_neo@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y

What a boss.

werefreeatlast@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

So we loose this guy but not putin or 'you're fired' guy. If there hasn't been any sign indicating the absence of a god, I don't know what else you would need.

Meanwhile I'll keep searching for"did trump choke on a pretzel today?" On my favorite search engine that doesn't start with G.