6:55 PM PST 01/31/2021
by
Kimberly Nordyke
“My brother was the nicest, softest, funniest lion of an angel I have ever known,” tweeted Larry about Marc, who also wrote about ‘In Living Color’ and ‘The Simpsons’.
Marc Wilmore, a TV writer whose credits include F is for family and The Simpsons, died Saturday “while battling COVID and other conditions that hurt him for years,” his brother, comedian Larry Wilmore, revealed on Twitter. He was 57.
Marc called ‘my dear dear brother,’ Larry tweeted: ‘My brother was the nicest, softest, funniest lion of an angel I have ever known. I love your little brother. ‘
My dear, dear brother, Marc Edward Wilmore, passed away last night fighting COVID and other conditions that had been hurting him for many years. My brother was the kindest, gentlest, funniest lion of an angel I have ever known. I love you little brother. pic.twitter.com/Zhcg1U4Evr
– Larry Wilmore (@larrywilmore) February 1, 2021
Marc was born on May 4, 1963 and graduated from Cal Poly Pomona before joining him In loving color as a writer in the early 1990s. He also became a cast member of the sketch comedy series in the final season (1993-94), featuring impersonations of James Earl Jones, Maya Angelou and Robert Guillaume; he also impersonated several stars in segments imagining what they would be like as a black person, including Carroll O’Connor on All in the family, Ted Knight The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Andy Rooney on 60 minutes and Bob Hope.
He was also a writer about it The PJs (starring Walter), a writer The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and a writer and co-executive producer The Simpsons.
In addition to serving as a writer for F Is for Family, he also served as an executive producer and appeared in several episodes.