Taylor Mead (1924-2013)

Taylor Mead – photo by Allen Ginsberg – (c) The Estate of Allen Ginsberg

Actor, movie-star, Taylor Mead RIP

Thank you Taylor, for making our world a brighter place while you were here.

Sebastian Piras’ footage of Allen and Taylor together (in 1997, visiting Allen’s new loft) is available here

Brief notices from The Gothamist and from the New York Times blog (focusing on his recent (last month’s) exodus from his ramshackle Lower East Side apartment (he’d been living there, down on Ludlow Street, since 1979, the past 34 years!) can be read here and here

Bowery Boogie presents “5 Unique Views of Taylor Mead” here

More to follow

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