18:55 PST 31/01/2021
by
Kimberly Nordyke
“My brother was the friendliest, gentlest, funniest, lion of an angel I have ever known,” tweeted Larry of Marc, who also wrote ‘In Living Color’ and ‘The Simpsons’.
Marc Wilmore, a TV writer whose credits include F Is for a family and The Simpsons, Died Saturday ‘while battling COVID and other conditions that had been in pain for years’, his brother, comedian Larry Wilmore, revealed on Twitter. He was 57.
Larry called Marc “my sweet sweet brother” and tweeted, “My brother was the friendliest, gentlest, funniest, lion of an angel I have ever known. I love your little brother.”
My sweet sweet brother, Marc Edward Wilmore, passed away last night while battling COVID and other conditions that had him in pain for years. My brother was the friendliest, gentlest, funniest, lion of an angel I have ever known. I love your brother. pic.twitter.com/Zhcg1U4Evr
Larry Wilmore @larrywilmore 1 February 2021
Born on May 4, 1963, Marc graduated from Cal Poly Pomona before joining In Loving Color as a writer in the early nineties. He also became a cast member in the sketch comedy series in his final season (1993-94) and does imitations of James Earl Jones, Maya Angelou and Robert Guillaume; he also featured various stars in segments that suggested to him what they would look like as a black person, including Carroll O’Connor on Everyone in the family, Ted Knight on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Andy Rooney on 60 minutes and Bob Hope.
He was also a writer on The PJs (starring Walter), a writer The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and a writer and co-executive producer on The Simpsons.
In addition to being the author of F Is for Family, he was also an executive producer and appeared in several episodes.