A Star Goes Out: The Loss and Legacy of a Beloved Children’s Songwriter

When someone dies suddenly and too soon, it can feel, to their loved ones, as if somebody has yanked out the one thread that bound the world together. Last week, the singer-songwriter Morgan Taylor died of toxic shock while his immune system was weakened by a recent bout with COVID. He was a deeply funny, kind, and inquisitive person—to the point of luminescence, really—and as a maker of music and art for children, he thought so far outside the box that he seemed not to even know that there was a box. Morgan leaves behind not just his wife, the… Read Full Article