LOS ANGELES — She had a career that included radio and television newscasts that included a role as the lone female members of a documentary team led by Edward R. Murrow. From 1951-1958 and from 1962-1989, she was an anchor for the home of CBS television in Southern California — another gender first.
Now, many are pausing to pay tribute to Ruth Ashton Taylor, who has died at the age of 101.
According to Associated Press, Taylor died January 11 at an assisted living facility in San Rafael, Calif. Daughter Laurel Conklin noted Taylor died “very suddenly.”
Taylor earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1990.
As City News Service reports, Taylor was initially hired by what was then-known as KNXT-2 in Los Angeles to cover “The Woman’s Angle.” She would later cover government and politics at the station that would later become KCBS-TV. When asked by the Los Angeles Times about the highlights of her career, Taylor cited interviewing Albert Einstein and Robert Oppenheimer for a story on atomic science.
