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Article: GRAHAM CHAPMAN, 48; MEMBER OF MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 5, 1989
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NEW YORK - Graham Chapman, a founding member of Monty
Python's Flying Circus, died yesterday of cancer in Britain, a
spokeswoman for the group here said. He was 48.
Relatives and friends, including other members of the comedy
troupe, were with Mr. Chapman when he died in Maidstone, Kent.
He was educated at Cambridge University and began his career
as a physician before the creation of Monty Python.
"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.
Mr. Chapman played the lead in the troupe's first film, King
Arthur in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." The ...