John Bowman, ‘Martin’ Co-Creator and ‘In Living Color’ Head Writer, Dies at 64
He won an Emmy for 'Saturday Night Live,' produced for 'Murphy Brown' and launched shows with Cedric the Entertainer and Frank Caliendo.
John Bowman, who co-created the Martin Lawrence sitcom Martin, served as the head writer on the ground-breaking In Living Color and worked on other shows including Saturday Night Live, Murphy Brown and The Hughleys, has died. He was 64.
A producer and Emmy-winning writer, Bowman died suddenly on Tuesday at his home in Santa Monica, his son Johnny Bowman Jr. announced.
As chairman of the negotiating committee for the WGA during the 2007-08 writers strike, Bowman helped gain a settlement that for the first time shared producers’ internet streaming revenue with film and television writers.