A cikin shekarun da suka gabata, ya jimre da cutar Parkinson, wanda ya bar shi ba zai iya rubutawa ba. Bayyanarsa ta ƙarshe ita ce a ranar haihuwarsa ta 80, a 1986, lokacin da ƙungiyar tsoffin ɗalibansa, ciki har da Sir Martin Gilbert, Alan Sked, Norman Davies da Paul Kennedy, suka shirya liyafar jama'a don girmama shi. Ya yi, tare da wahala mai yawa, ya haddace ɗan gajeren jawabi, wanda ya gabatar a hanyar da ta yi nasarar ɓoye gaskiyar cewa ƙwaƙwalwar ajiyarsa da tunaninsa sun lalace ta hanyar cutar ta Parkinson. Tambaya: Wane taron ya ji rauni Taylor kuma ya tura mutumin zuwa ritaya?
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