Old contacts on emailing

I continue to have old contacts that have been deleted keep coming up when i try to type in a new address to send on using my email.
Say if I've deleted a contact the email address will still pop up as an option when typing in the TO: space when emailing...
Can anyone help? I've synced the iphone and still has old data on it.

These are not editable/eraseable. Over time, as you use the email program, they will fall to the bottom of the list if they are not used anymore. That will leave the more frequently used addresses at the top. They are not tied to your contacts, but are stored in the email program.

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