Poetic Obituaries: A dropout from a life of privilege,

[Taylor] Mead allied himself with Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and other early leaders of the San Francisco Beat scene of the 1950s before settling in New York to eke out a living as a member of its thriving arts underground.

He was a familiar face on Manhattan's Lower East Side, where he wandered the streets with a notebook, read his poetry in coffeehouses--often against a background of a Charles Mingus recording--and fed feral cats in the predawn hours.

from Los Angeles Times: Taylor Mead dies at 88; underground film legend and bohemian artist
then The New York Times: Taylor Mead, Bohemian and Actor, Dies at 88
then Gothamist: Longtime LES Resident And Warhol Star, Taylor Mead, Dies At 88
then The Guardian: Farewell Taylor Mead: Warhol muse and saint of the avant garde
then Examiner.com: Taylor Mead actor, writer and member of Warhol's "Factory" dead at 88
then Vice: RIP Taylor Mead
then Huffington Post: Taylor Mead


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