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Article: Graham Chapman, 48; helped found Monty Python troupe
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 5, 1989
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NEW YORK Graham Chapman, a founding member of Monty Python's
Flying Circus, died Wednesday of cancer in Britain, a spokeswoman for
the group here announced. He was 48.
Mr. Chapman was educated at Cambridge University and began his
career as a doctor 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 Mr. Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael
Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam.
Mr. Chapman played the lead in the troupe's first film, King
Arthur in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." The group's last film, ...