Derek Taylor 1932-1997
Philip Norman, Rolling Stone, 30 October 1997
THE SIMPLE term "music publicist" does not begin to describe Derek Taylor, who died from cancer of the esophagus at his home, in Suffolk, England, on Sept. 7, at age 65.
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