Elwood Edwards, who delivered AOL’s “You’ve Got Mail” greeting, has died at the age of 74.

Edwards died Tuesday at his home in New Bern, North Carolina, his daughter Heather said. The cause was complications from a stroke late last year, she added.

Edwards recorded his AOL greeting on 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 in the leading role.

“He still blushed when someone brought it up,” his daughter said. “He liked the attention, but he never got used to it.”

He was also the voice of AOL’s “Welcome”, “Goodbye” and “File is Ready” messages. He made $200 from the recordings.

Edwards 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 service provider that later became known as AOL. She heard that the company was looking for someone to be the voice of the software and suggested her husband.

Heather Edwards said: “They were so impressed they didn’t let him go into a recording booth.”

Although few people knew Edwards’ face, his voice was heard by millions every day. “For a while, America Online (AOL) kept it a secret, turning me into a mystery man. But eventually 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 widely 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 switched to television. He had a brief stint as a weather anchor and worked as an announcer, but spent most of his time behind the camera, Heather Edwards said.

“He said, ‘I have a face for radio,’” she said, adding that her father “always had a ready smile when you saw him.”

He later worked at WKYC-TV in Cleveland as a “graphics guru, cameraman and general jack-of-all-trades,” according to the station. Edwards also did freelance voice-over work for radio and television commercials.

He is survived by a daughter, Sallie, a granddaughter, Abbie, and his brother, Bill.

The family plans to hold a memorial service in New Bern on Monday.