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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 sun...

PBS Airdate: February 6, 2007 NARRATOR: 1939: A chemist at a midwestern paint company makes a startling discovery, one that could improve the health of millions of people. The company wants him to stick to making paint, but this man has always gone his own way. He was the grandson of Alabama slaves, yet he went on to become one of America's great scientists. HELEN PRINTY (Julian Laboratories Chemist) : He had to fight to overcome the odds of being a black man in America. JOHN KENLY SMITH (Historian) : The chemical world was a club, and outsiders were not really all that welcome. PETER WALTON ...