Frank Taylor is dead

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1 DEATH Taylor

MUNICH AIR DISASTER SURVIVOR DIES AT 81
By Maria Breslin, PA News
The only journalist to survive the Munich air disaster has died at
the age of 81, it emerged today.
Manchester United bosses sent their condolences to the family and
friends of Frank Taylor, who was badly injured in the 1958 tragedy
which claimed 23 lives.
The sportswriter, who died on Thursday after a long battle against
cancer, was described as a ``lovely, warm, articulate and
gently-spoken man'' and a ``close and valued friend of the club''.
A respected journalist, who worked for the Daily Mirror and was
president of the International Federation of Sportswriters in his
later years, Taylor wrote numerous books and was awarded the OBE.
The sports reporter, then writing for the News Chronicle, regularly
travelled to Europe with the so-called Busby Babes in the 1950s, and
was on board the plane which crashed in Munich in February 1958.
Twenty-three people lost their lives in the disaster, including
eight Manchester United players, three backroom staff and eight
journalists.
Taylor later published what has been described as a ``definitive
account'' of the tragedy The Day A Team Died.
Cliff Butler, editor of United Review, said Taylor had contributed
regularly to club publications dedicated to the disaster, adding:
``Frank Taylor will be greatly missed by everyone who touched his
life.''
In a statement the club said: ``Manchester United would like to
extend its deepest condolences to Frank's family and friends.''
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