British comedian and director Terry Jones of Monty Python died Tuesday evening at age 77, his agent and family announced on Wednesday. Terry Jones had suffered from a form of dementia for several years.
"His work with the Monty Pythons, his books, his TV shows and his poems will live forever," said his family in a statement. Born in 1942 in Wales, Terry Jones was educated at Oxford, where he met Michael Palin. They formed a comic duo before founding with Eric Idle, John Cleese and Graham Chapman, former students of Cambridge, the Monty Pythons. Terry Gilliam is the only American in the troop.
From 1969 to 1974, they marked the history of humor on television with the comic series Monty Python's Flying Circus. Then, in the cinema, Terry Jones notably directed Monthy Python: The life of Brian and Monty Python: The meaning of life , and co-directed with Terry Gilliam Monthy Python: Sacré Graal!
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