Casper Taylor, former Speaker of the House of Delegates, dies at 88

Casper R. Taylor Jr., a long-serving and powerful member of the House of Delegates who rose to become speaker but was ousted by angry voters after shepherding gun control legislation through the General Assembly, died in his sleep Monday morning at the age of 88. While no cause of death was immediately available, Taylor was known to be suffering from several maladies over the past few years.