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Elwood Edwards, voice of AOL ‘You’ve got mail’ greeting, dies aged 74


Edwards taped message that became catchphrase and served as title of 1998 film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan

“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. 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 later worked at WKYC-TV in Cleveland as a “graphics guru, camera operator, and general jack of all trades”, the station said.

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