Brattleboro’s ‘blind masseur’ dies at age 38

Neil Taylor was surprised by a relapse of brain cancer just after publishing a memoir, “The Life We Got: Losing Sight and Gaining Vision.” File photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
BRATTLEBORO — When self-described “blind masseur” Neil Taylor recently published the memoir “The Life We Got: Losing Sight and Gaining Vision,” the 38-year-old wondered if he had aged enough to warrant an autobiography.
“Having lost nearly everything that I took for gr