 Grant in 1984 | |
| Dr. Grant Bowen | |
| Portrayed by | Emmanuel Xuereb |
| Episode | The River |
| Status | Deceased (1984) |
Dr. Grant Bowen was a talented doctor and a caring husband and father. However, he was addicted to gambling and had plunged his family deep into debt. Due to his addiction, his career, marriage, and home life suffered.
Grant's son Jason Bowen couldn't attend his first choice of college, Cornell, because of Grant's gambling addiction. Grant had asked his fellow addict, Cyrus Tisdale, to shoot him so that his family would collect and benefit from his $1.2 million life insurance. Grant knew that if he killed himself, the insurance company wouldn't pay out to his wife and son. So he asked Cy to kill him, thinking he was worth more to his family dead than alive. Cy reluctantly obliged.
Jason used the insurance money to transfer to Cornell. Jason and Grant's wife, Anne Bowen, were unaware of this arrangement until Cy confessed in 2006.