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==Early life== Taylor was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], the son of Hertha Mae (nΓ©e Ward) and [[Joseph T. Taylor]], former [[Dean (education)|dean]] of students at [[Dillard University]] in [[New Orleans]], who was also the first dean of arts and sciences at [[Indiana University β Purdue University Indianapolis]]. After the family moved from New Orleans to [[Indianapolis]], Taylor graduated from [[Crispus Attucks High School]] in 1964, where he took an interest in acting, and went on to study in the dramatic arts programs at [[Wilmington College (Ohio)|Wilmington College]] (Ohio) and [[Florida A&M University]]. Leaving Florida A&M a few credits shy of graduation, he worked in Indianapolis as a State House reporter for AM radio station WIFE (now [[WTLC (AM)|WTLC]]), where he used the on-air name Bruce Thomas, and as the host of a community-affairs program on television station WLWI (now [[WTHR]]), as Bruce Taylor.<ref name=IndyStar>{{cite news|last1=Lindquist|first1=David|title=TV star and Attucks grad Meshach Taylor dies at 67|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/movies/2014/06/29/meshach-taylor-designing-mannequin-indianapolis-attucks/11703753|access-date=July 1, 2014|work=The Indianapolis Star|date=June 30, 2014}}</ref><ref name=DWOBio>{{cite web|url=http://www.designingwomenonline.com/Bios/Meshach.php|title=Meshach Taylor biography at|website=Designing Women Online|access-date=July 1, 2014}}</ref><ref name=APObit>{{cite news|last1=Moore|first1=Frazier|title='Designing Women' star Meshach Taylor dies at 67|url=http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/Designing-Women-star-Meshach-Taylor-dies-at-67-265116221.html|access-date=July 1, 2014|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=June 29, 2014}}</ref> In May 1993, he received his [[bachelor's degree]] in [[theatre arts]] from Florida A&M.<ref name=LATimes1993>{{cite news|last1=Scott|first1=Carolyn Patricia|title=Designing Women's Meshach Taylor Ends The Series As He Began -- With Dignity|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-23-tv-38618-story.html|access-date=July 1, 2014|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=May 23, 1993}}</ref>
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