What is Derek Taylor?
{{Infobox Writer | name = Derek Taylor | image = | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1932|5|7}} | birth_place = [[Liverpool]], [[England]], UK | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1997|9|7|1932|5|7}} | death_place = [[Sudbury, Suffolk]], England, UK | occupation = [[Novelist]], [[writer]] | nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]] | genre = | notableworks = ''A Cellarful of Noise''<br>''[[I Me Mine]]'' }} '''Derek Taylor''' (7 May 1932 – 7 September 1997) was an [[English people|English]] [[journalist]] and [[author]]. He spent most of his career covering [[popular music]] and [[celebrity]] [[news]]. He had a long association with [[rock music|rock band]] [[The Beatles]], serving at different times as their {{broken wikt link|press agent|press agent}}.<ref name=pc34>{{Pop Chronicles|34|1}}</ref> He was also a {{broken wikt link|personal assistant|personal assistant}} to The Beatles manager [[Brian Epstein]], and co-wrote a {{broken wikt link|news column|news column}} with guitarist [[George Harrison]]. In the mid-1960s, Taylor lived with his family in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]],<ref name=pc34/> and had his own {{broken wikt link|public relations|public relations}} agency. His clients included [[The Byrds]] and [[The Beach Boys]]. He also gave [[Harry Nilsson]]'s career a boost, when he sent copies of Nilsson's album ''Pandemonium Shadow Show'' to important members of the music industry, including the Beatles. Taylor died of [[cancer]] on 7 September 1997. ==Sources== <references/> {{The Beatles}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Derek}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:1997 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in England]] [[Category:English journalists]] [[Category:The Beatles]] [[Category:Writers from Liverpool]] [[Category:Writers from Suffolk]]