Editing Meshach Taylor (section)

==Personal life and death==
Taylor married actress [[Bianca Ferguson]] in 1983. He had four children, three with Bianca and one from a previous marriage. His children are daughters Tamar, Esme and Yasmine and son Tariq; he had four grandchildren.<ref name="IndyStar"/>

Taylor died of [[colorectal cancer]] on June 28, 2014, at his home in [[Altadena, California]].<ref name="colker">{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-meshach-taylor-20140630-story.html|title=Meshach Taylor dies at 67; actor known for 'Designing Women' role|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|author=Colker, David|date=2014-06-29|access-date=2014-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-meshach-taylor-dies-20140628-story.html|title=Meshach Taylor, screen and TV star, dies at 67|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=2014-06-29|author=Parker, Ryan|access-date=2014-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/meshach-taylor-dead-designing-women-715569|title='Designing Women' Star Meshach Taylor Dies at 67|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=2014-06-28|author=Barnes, Mike|access-date=2014-06-29}}</ref> He was survived by his wife, his four children, his mother Hertha Ward Taylor,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2014/06/15/longtime-ips-teacher-celebrates-th-birthday/10556101|newspaper=[[The Indianapolis Star]]|date=2014-06-15|author=Ryckaert, Vic|title=Hertha Ward Taylor - Longtime IPS teacher celebrates 100th birthday}}</ref> two siblings, and four grandchildren.<ref name="colker"/> A memorial service to celebrate his life was held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) on July 6, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forestlawn.tributes.com/obituary/portrait/Meshach-Thomas-Taylor-101491860|title=Meshach Taylor Memorial|date=July 6, 2014|access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref>