SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — Ruth Ashton Taylor, a trailblazing journalist who was the first female newscaster to work in television on the West Coast, has died.
Taylor died Thursday at an assisted living facility in San Rafael, California, according to her family.
Conklin said her mother was born in Long Beach in 1922 and had a career in radio and television news that spanned more than 50 years.
Taylor earned a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award in 1982 and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1990.
In addition to Laurel Conklin, Taylor is survived by two other daughters plus a stepson, a grandson and granddaughter-in-law and a great-grandson.
Persons:
— Ruth Ashton Taylor, Taylor, “, ”, Laurel Conklin, Conklin, Edward R, Murrow, Jimmy Durante, Albert Einstein, Jimmy Carter
Organizations:
RAFAEL, Calif, Scripps College, Columbia University, CBS, KNXT, Hollywood
Locations:
West Coast, San Rafael , California, Long Beach, Claremont , California, New York, Los Angeles