Deleting email addresses

I am trying to delete an address that I have used many times and was in my address book. So far I have: deleted the address from my address book, deleted the address from the previous recipients list, added the new address for the person in the address book and yet whenever I type the persons name in the "to" field" in mail the old address still comes up. How do I completely delete an email address I no longer need?
Mark

Oh thank you so much for this - a no-longer-active email address for my husband was driving me crazy as it always came up as the first choice (even though I had deleted it from his details in Address Book) - now the address I want comes up first and the unwanted one has disappeared!
I just knew that Mac would keep it simple, somewhere
Cheers
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