BREAKING: Monty Python star Terry Jones dies aged 77 after dementia battle
Terry Jones has died aged 77 after a long drawn out battle with dementia.A statement from his family read: ‘We are deeply saddened to have to announce the passing of beloved husband and father, Terry Jones.
‘Over the past few days his wife, children, extended family and many close friends have been constantly with Terry as he gently slipped away at his home in North London. We have all lost a kind, funny, warm, creative and truly loving man whose uncompromising individuality, relentless intellect and extraordinary humour has given pleasure to countless millions across six decades.
While his co-star Michael Palin stuck by his side throughout his illness, Terry’s mental capacity deteriorated fairly rapidly, withSpeaking to Zoe Ball about how his friend was doing in November, Palin said: ‘Well, not terribly well – the kind of dementia he has is not something that can be cured particularly. It’s just a matter of time. I go and see him, but he can’t speak much, which is a terrible thing.
‘I still go and see him – actually the other day I did take a book that we’d written together in the 1980s called Bert Fegg’s Encyclopaedia Of All World Knowledge which was sort of an anarchist children’s book and I read some of it – the things we’d written together – and amazing, because Terry suddenly smiled and began to laugh.
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