Jonathan Philbin Bowman (6 January 1969 – 3 March 2000) was an Irish journalist and radio broadcaster.

Early life and education

Born in

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in 1969, Jonathan Philbin Bowman, the son of the historian and broadcaster John Bowman, was educated at

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and at

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in Dublin. He chose to leave formal education in his early teens, a decision he announced to the nation on

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's flagship talk programme ''

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''.

Career

Bowman worked mostly as a freelance journalist.Jonathan Philbin Bowman
. RTÉ, 6 March 2000. Retrieved on 30 April 2008. He co-presented a radio show ''The Rude Awakening'' on Dublin's

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with Scott Williams, George Hellis and Margaret Callanan for two years between 1993 and 1994 before joining the '' Sunday Independent'' newspaper as a columnist. He later presented television programmes on RTÉ, such as the quiz show ''Dodge the Question''.

Death

Bowman died in a fall at his home on Fitzgerald Street in

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, Dublin, on 3 March 2000. Tribute was paid to him to by the then

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. Bowman was survived by his parents, his sister Emma, his brothers Abie and Daniel and his only son Saul Philbin Bowman (Saul Mehigan)

References

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