Writing the Difficult Obituary

 Dr. Quintard Taylor, died September 26, 2025, in Houston, Texas. He was 76 years old. Johnny D. Boggs, editor-in-chief of Roundup asked me to write a tribute for publication in the magazine. It was hard for me to do because of my admiration of Dr. Taylor. He was simply the finest historian I've ever known. His friends and colleagues used old familiar words to describe their grief over