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Rambling Boy

An Alluring Cautionary Tale

By Marfa Public Radio

Published June 30, 2014 at 3:39 PM CDT

url-2 — Paul Flato in front of his boutique, Zona Rosa (August 6th, 1985)

Mr. Taylor was warned about debt and fast living at early age by his mother. One of the first warnings her son received involved a teenage beaux of hers turned Jeweler to the Stars to eventual convicted felon. Yet Lonn's story is not only a cautionary tale, but a redemptive one as well.