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Billy Taylor, Jazz Promoter, Emmy Winner, Dies

Associated Press | by Christian Salazar

NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Taylor, an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer who became one of the genre’s most ardent advocates through radio, television and the landmark Jazzmobile arts venture, has died at age 89. Taylor died Tuesday of a heart attack in Manhattan, said his wife, Theodora Taylor. “He enjoyed his life,” she said. […]