Adrian Taylor (producer)

Adrian Clemens "Clem" Taylor (January 27, 1954 – March 21, 2014) was an American television news producer, noted for his work on 60 Minutes, The Early Show and CBS News. Taylor won a Peabody Award for his 60 Minutes segment, "Joy in the Congo", which featured the Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra of Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1][2] In addition to his Peabody, Taylor also won eight Emmy Awards over the course of his broadcasting career.[2]

Taylor was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on January 27, 1954.[3] As a high school student, Taylor created "Morning Announcements," a televised school announcement show broadcast within his school, and became a paid sports reporter for the local newspaper, The Doylestown Intelligencer.[3] Taylor received his bachelor's degree from Boston College, where he had served as the editor of BC's student newspaper, The Heights.[1][3]

Taylor moved to Washington D.C. after graduation from Boston College.[3] He worked for United States Senator Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania for one year.[1] He then returned to reporting, first as a producer and then a reporter for National Public Radio.[1][3] Taylor also worked for ABC News for approximately ten years, where he produced segments for 20/20 and Primetime Live.[1] He also produced pieces for CNBC, ESPN and Fox News during his career.[1][2]

Clem Taylor spent nearly twenty years with CBS News.[3] He worked as a CBS producer based in Washington D.C., Dallas, and New York City.[3] He was assigned as a producer based in the White House during the Reagan administration during the 1980s.[3] Taylor covered the Reykjavík Summit between Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan in Iceland in 1986.[3] In the late 1990s, he was named a senior producer of The Early Show during the late 1990s.[1]

Taylor spent his last four years at CBS News as a producer for 60 Minutes.[1][3] He co-produced a 60 Minutes segment, called "Joy in the Congo," on the Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] "Joy in the Congo" originally broadcast on Easter Sunday in 2012.[3] The segment won a Peabody Award in May 2013.[3]

Taylor's last segment for 60 Minutes focused on a group of men who staged the 1980 Winter Olympics.[1]

In May 2013, Taylor was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.[1] He died at Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey, on March 21, 2014, at the age of 60.[1][2] He was a resident of Montclair, New Jersey.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Seikaly, Andrea (2014-03-21). "'60 Minutes' Producer Adrian Taylor Dies at 60". Variety. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
  2. ^ a b c d e McCord, Luke (2014-03-21). "'60 Minutes' Producer Adrian 'Clem' Taylor Dies". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "60 Minutes producer Adrian "Clem" Taylor dies at 60". CBS News. 2014-03-21. Retrieved 2014-04-26.