Gil Bowers

Gil Bowers (June 15, 1920 - January 2, 2000) was a American TV writer. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in speech and dramatic arts. In 1940s, he started working films and Sesame Street, two years after the show's debut, as an assistant in the music department and became a writer for the children's television show in 1975.
He died on January 2, 2000 in Manhattan at age 80 from complications of a brain tumor.