Wilson was the father of actors Luke, Owen and Andrew Wilson. He had been battling Alzheimer's for years. Various online obits give his age as 75 or 76. He was in charge of KERA, the public television station in Dallas, and decided it would be the first American station to air Monty Python's Flying Circus. He also hired Jim Lehrer.

Lehrer and Terry Giliam both told Owen they wouldn't be here without Bob Wilson.

https://www.dallasnews.com/obituarie...owen-luke-dies

http://people.com/celebrity/robert-w...n-wilson-dies/

Wow. It's so rare to hear about folks like this, not really big names, but still they were there at a pivotal moment in history.

My friend and I used to listen to their records before they were on TV.

So this is the man I have to thank for many sleepy mornings that followed sneaking out of bed in the wee hours of a school night to watch Python on PBS.