Morgan Taylor Dies: Grammy Nominee Children’s Multimedia Artist Was 52
deadline.comMorgan Taylor, a Grammy-award nominee, died at age 52. The death of the multimedia artist who created music and art for kids came after a “brief and sudden illness,” according to a GoFundMe created by his friends.
He is survived by his wife of 18 years, Rachel Loshak, and their children, Harvey and Ridley.Taylor was best known for his creation of the World of Gustafer Yellowgold, an animated character said to be from the sun.
It was for the CD/DVD “Gustafer Yellowgold’s Dark Pie Concerns,” which was released in 2015, that Taylor received a Grammy nod in the Best Children’s Album category.Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo GalleryIn an interview with Dayton in 2015, Taylor said that he wanted to be a comic book artist when he was younger and wished to move to New York City to become an illustrator.
After his rock group disbanded in 2003, his wife suggested he create a kids’ book project.“One of my jobs, when I worked at Gem City Records, was to write up the new releases on the board, and I would draw a funny cartoon a lot,” he said of how Gustafer Yellowgold was born. “I drew this yellow cat-faced looking guy, and that basically became Gustafer later.
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