John Bowman

John Frederick Bowman (September 28, 1957 – December 28, 2021) was an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the Fox sitcom Martin. He wrote for Saturday Night Live, The Show, and In Living Color. He also worked as the showrunner of Murphy Brown. Bowman won a Primetime Emmy Award for Saturday Night Live in 1989. He was nominated for two more, for In Living Color, in 1991 and 1992.

Early life and career Bowman was born on September 28, 1957, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He attended Whitefish Bay High School. While attending Harvard College, he was an editor of The Harvard Lampoon. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1985, he worked as a junior executive at PepsiCo.

He died from dilated cardiomyopathy on December 28, 2021, at his home in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 64.