PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) – Dozens of fans, friends and family members of Bill Bowman gathered at Old Towne Civic Center on Sunday, Oct. 20 for the Bowman Body’s celebration of life.
“You were never a stranger to Bill,” said friend and organizer Helen Royea. “You were always family to him, and that’s just who Bill was. He treated everyone like his friend.”
Bowman hosted Shock Theatre on Channel 8 for six years in the 1970s, where he performed many improv skits as “the Bowman Body” — a name that people from across state borders came to know and love…