# Gavin Taylor

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{{Short description|British film and television director}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2021}}
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{{One source|date=August 2022}}
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'''Gavin Taylor''' (c. 1942 – 12 June 2013) was a British [film](/source/film_director) and [television director](/source/television_director). He was known for directing the broadcasts of major concerts and other televised events. Taylor's credits included ''[The Tube](/source/The_Tube_(1982_TV_series))'' [television series](/source/television_series), ''[U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky](/source/U2_Live_at_Red_Rocks%3A_Under_a_Blood_Red_Sky)'' in 1983, and ''[Queen at Wembley](/source/Queen_at_Wembley)'' in 1986.<ref name=necho>{{cite news|first=Gavin|last=Harvey|title=Tributes paid to North-East music director |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10484232.Tributes_paid_to_North_East_music_director/ |work=[The Northern Echo](/source/The_Northern_Echo) |date=2013-06-13 |access-date=2013-07-04}}</ref>

Taylor lived at [Darras Hall](/source/Darras_Hall) in [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland).<ref name=necho/> He had two children and three grandchildren.<ref name=necho/>

Taylor worked for [Tyne Tees Television](/source/Tyne_Tees_Television) (now called [ITV Tyne Tees](/source/ITV_Tyne_Tees)) from 1960 until 1996.<ref name=necho/> He left Tyne Tees in 1996 in order to film [The Royal Concert](/source/HIStory_World_Tour), a performance by [Michael Jackson](/source/Michael_Jackson) for the Royal Family of [Brunei](/source/Brunei) held in July 1996 in [Bandar Seri Begawan](/source/Bandar_Seri_Begawan).<ref name=necho/> He had been offered the Jackson concert job by contacts he had made while directing ''[The Tube](/source/The_Tube_(1982_TV_series))'' during the 1980s.<ref name=necho/>

Taylor died from a short illness at St Oswald's Hospice in [Gosforth](/source/Gosforth), [Newcastle](/source/Newcastle_upon_Tyne), on 12 June 2013, at the age of 71.<ref name=necho/>

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