Ray Tomlinson, the godfather of email, dies aged 74

Tributes paid to 'true technology pioneer' who invented program allowing person-to-person messages to be sent across servers

Ray Tomlinson, considered to be the godfather of email, has died, according to his employer, Raytheon Company. He was 74.

"A true technology pioneer, Ray was the man who brought us email in the early days of networked computers," said Raytheon spokesman Mike Doble. Tomlinson worked in Raytheon's Cambridge, Massachusetts, office.