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Alexander Taylor was the eldest child of Doctor Isaac M. Taylor and Gertrude Taylor. Alex Taylor had two sons, Edward and James. Taylor suffered a heart attack on March 7, 1993, in Sanford, Florida, while recording a third album at King Snake Records Studio.
He died without regaining consciousness on March 12, 1993 (James" birthday), age 46.
According to the official Rolling Stone biography of James Taylor, Alex Taylor"s death has been attributed to alcoholism. Livingston Taylor has said in an interview that Taylor suddenly stopped breathing while sleeping in a Kingsnake Records studio and that this occurred shortly after Taylor downed almost a bottle of vodka ("what was for him not an exceptional amount of booze").
James Taylor wrote his song "Enough To Be On Your Way" with Alex"s funeral in mind then changed some of the details to commemorate a fictional "Alice". Livingston Taylor called him "generous to the very fiber of his soul" and "the greatest older brother ever." Livingston also said that Alex supported and protected him during his troubled childhood.
