Meshach Taylor Dies at 67; Wife Bianca Ferguson Says He Was an "Activist Actor"

Meshach Taylor

Actor Meshach Taylor, best known for his role as the ex-con deliveryman Anthony Bouvier in the CBS sitcom Designing Women, died Saturday at his home in Altadena. He was 67.

The cause of his death was colorectal cancer, said his wife, Bianca Ferguson Taylor.

Taylor had roles in several TV shows before appearing in what was supposed to be a single episode of Designing Women during its first season in 1986. But his comic scenes with cast members Delta Burke and Dixie Carter went so well, Taylor said in 2011 on The Wendy Williams Show, that the creators of the sitcom kept him on.