Inventor of Modern E-mail, Ray Tomlinson, Dies
US programmer Raymond Samuel Tomlinson in 2009.
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(AP) -- Raymond Tomlinson, the inventor of modern email and a technological leader, has died, his employer said Sunday.
Tomlinson died Saturday, the Raytheon Co. said; the details were not immediately available.