orlando. bob's death came the day after i spoke at the funeral of my friend joan bowman, who i have known since he was in college. he was a brilliant comedy writer who created martin with martin lawrence. he appeared to be perfectly healthy and was 64 years old when his heart suddenly stopped beating decades too soon. john bowman and bob saget brought the kind of joy into people's homes and their hearts that only tv comedy can deliver in steady, healing doses. maryland bergman's work will live in our house with her husband, she wrote po some of the most moving songs we know which have been sung by musical giants like frank sinatra, barbra streisand and many, many others. she found the time to write the theme song for "a girl's school