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Article: Monty Python Founder Chapman Dies
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 5, 1989
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Graham Chapman, a physician whose talent for comedy led him to
become a founding member of the comedy troupe known as Monty Python's
Flying Circus, died today of cancer in Britain, a spokeswoman for the
group here announced. He was 48.
Chapman died in a hospital, said Nancy Lewis, who represents
Monty Python in New York.
Chapman was educated at Cambridge University and began his career
as a physician before the creation of Monty Python, according to a
release from the Glenn Schwartz Company Inc., a public relations
firm.
"Monty Python's Flying Circus" went on the air in 1968, bringing
together the talents of Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael
Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam.
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