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Richard Deane Taylor (ne. Meyer Tuchschneider in New York City on January. 13, 1925 and died November 21, 2014) was a New York City public school art teacher, commercial artist on Madison Avenue, and a World War II veteran.

EARLY LIFE

Richard was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to Polish immigrant parents, Minnie (ne. Dumach) and Hyman Tuchschneider. Richard was the youngest of 5 children; 2 older brothers and 2 older sisters. The eldest brother and 2 sisters were born in Poland, immigrating with their mother after their father had spent 2 years in America finding a job and home.

Richard grew up during The Depression. When his father, a presser, determined Richard was old enough, at age ??, after school he was sent out daily to the streets to sell shoe laces or newspapers in order to support the family. Hyman did not appreciate young Richard coming home to burn oil in order to “scribble” in the evenings, pursuing his passion and honing his art.

Richard’s parents kept a Kosher home and followed a strict Jewish tradition. All the children learned Hebrew and spoke Yiddish at home. Richard feared his father, who disciplined him for being a dreamer. Richard would often recount to family and friends how he would get at synagogue with his father while the second-youngest boy, David, was out playing without him. Richard knew the prayers he was to recite and behaved for his father, but would not practice Judaism in the same somber manner. In contrast to modern Judaic practices, Richard celebrated his Barmitzvah in a basement synagogue with the elders and his father singing the Torah, lamenting “they don't have parties like they do now.”

Richard revered his mother who stayed home to cook, clean and raise the children. She was the one he wanted to please and not disappoint. She is the reason why Richard didn’t marry a Gentile, he would recount to his own children.

In support of his mother and father, Richard didn’t finish high school. Luckily, his innate talent was recognized by one of the faculty who introduced Richard to a comic-book studio where he not only found a way to follow his dream while helping to pay the bills at home. Richard worked his way out of a Brooklyn ghetto as a teenager, beating the odds while lacking a formal education.

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