Taylor Turner

**Taylor Turner** was the girlfriend of famous footballer Alan McCallum and biological mother of Jamie Cooper. She passed away from complications with childbirth on January 8, 2003.

## Early Life

Taylor was born in Wolverhampton, UK, on February 11, 1980. After graduating high school, she moved out to Blackpool, UK, to live with her best friend. She became a barista at a local pub, down by the beach. She worked there in her early twenties, enjoying life living with her best friend.

## Relationship

Taylor met Alan McCallum while working at the pub. At the time, Alan was a young breakout superstar for the Blackpool Knights football club. She had gone to a few matches, and had a huge crush on Alan from the first time she saw him. She looked at him from the crowd, and he looked back. Alan was mesmerized, and never forgot her beauty. When he walked into the pub and saw her, his eyes lit up with joy. Taylor tried to play it cool, but it was very obvious that they were into each other.

That night, they slept together. Alan had slept with many other women before, but something about Taylor just kept her in his mind. So much so that he came back to the pub; over and over again. They got to know each other even more by having long conversations late into the night almost every day. Alan eventually asked Taylor to be his girlfriend, a request that she happily accepted.

Their relationship was very loving one, which was very uncharacteristic for the cocky, young superstar that was Alan McCallum. Taylor changed him for the better. She made him want to change. She showed up to every game with her best friend, with tickets paid for by Alan. Taylor enjoyed getting to see this sweet side of Alan that nobody had ever seen before.

When Taylor was only 23 years old, she found out she was pregnant. She didn't tell Alan at first, out of fear that he wouldn't love her anymore and would leave. Taylor eventually worked up the courage to tell her boyfriend, and to her surprise, he was very excited. Alan couldn't wait to raise a child with her, which made Taylor one thousand times happier. During her pregnancy, Taylor and Alan grew closer than ever.

Come the new year in 2003, Alan was ready to propose to Taylor as soon as the baby was born. On January 2nd, Taylor went to the hospital where she stayed until baby Jamie was born. Jamie was born in good health, but unfortunately there were complications with the birth.

## Death and Legacy

Taylor suffered severe bleeding overnight at the hospital. Unfortunately, no doctors or nurses were able to get to her fast enough. They did everything they could, but it wasn't enough. She officially passed away the morning of January 8th, 2003. One day after her baby boy was born. One day before Alan was going to propose and make her the happiest woman in the world.

Taylor's death was extremely tragic. A young woman, so full of happiness and joy. A full life ahead of her. She was supposed to go home, with her newborn son and the love of her life. They were supposed to buy a house, start a family, live happily together forever. But it didn't happen. That fateful night would haunt Alan for the rest of his life. He gave up his own son because he was too stricken with grief, and too busy to raise their child on his own. Besides, what was he without Taylor?

Alan's career started to decline at Blackpool. He decided that it was too hard to keep living in the same city where he met Taylor. Alan requested a transfer to North London FC, sparking one of the most influential transfers in football history. Without it, Alan's historic career at North London, may never have happened. Now in a new setting, Alan was finally able to properly deal with his grief. He was motivated to always play with Taylor in the back of his mind, and that didn't just apply to football. Everything he did in his life was influenced by Taylor. He would always think: "What would Taylor do?" before making a big decision. Alan never felt the same about anyone else in his life, and never had a relationship again.

Taylor's son, Jamie, grew up with the Coopers, close friends of Alan's. They raised him basically from birth. Taylor never got to see her baby boy grow up in person, but she was the proudest mother ever watching down from above. She watched as Jamie navigated through the struggles of adolescence, and figuring out his place in the world, something she also did for a long time. She watched him follow in the path of his father. She watched as he, like his father, went from a cocky and confident prodigy, to a humble and respectful legend. She even got to watch him live out his own love story, as Jamie fell in love with Jess. Taylor only ever got to say a few words to her son before she died. She told him, "my baby boy, always follow your heart," a statement that Jamie would live by his whole life, whether he consciously knew that she truly said those words to him or not.

After Jamie and Jess had a daughter of their own, they named her Taylor, in honor of Jamie's late mother. It's safe to say that her life may have been short, but her legacy continued to live on, carried out by the love of her life, and her little baby boy.