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Actress, Deems Taylor, was born Joseph Deems Taylor on Dec 22, 1885 in New York City, NY. Taylor died at the age of 80 on Jul 3, 1966 in New York City, NY .

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His daughter Joan was born in December, 1926.

Served, with Milton Cross, as co-commentator during the first season of Metropolitan Opera broadcasts (NBC: 1931-32). Commenting on the action while the opera was in progress, much as if it were a sporting event, he was relieved of his duties when many listeners complained that "some idiot keeps talking," disrupting the music. After that, commentary on the broadcasts, which continue today, was confined to before the opera and between the acts.

Composer of the first opera by an American composer to be broadcast on radio, "The King's Henchman," with a libretto by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Originally broadcast from a New York studio, the work later briefly entered the repertoire of the Metropolitan Opera, where Lawrence Tibbett scored one of his first major successes as the baritone lead.

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