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'''Terence Graham Parry Jones''', who is known professionally by his credited stage name as '''Terry Jones''' (1 February 1942 – 21 January 2020)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/terry-jones/ |work=BBC Wales |date=7 October 2009 |title=Terry Jones}}</ref><ref name="Guardian"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/terry-jones-death-monty-python-age-cause-a9296546.html|first=Jacob|last=Stolworthy |title=Terry Jones death: Monty Python star and Life of Brian director dies, aged 77|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> was a Welsh actor, author, comedian, director, historian, poet, presenter, writer, and member of the [[Monty Python]] comedy team.
After graduating from [[Oxford University]] with a degree in English, Jones and writing partner [[Michael Palin]] wrote and performed for several high-profile British comedy programmes, including ''[[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]'' and ''[[The Frost Report]]'', before creating ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' with Cambridge graduates [[Graham Chapman]], [[John Cleese]], and [[Eric Idle]] and American animator-filmmaker [[Terry Gilliam]]. Jones was largely responsible for the programme's innovative, surreal structure, in which sketches flowed from one to the next without the use of punch lines. He made his directorial debut with the Python film ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|Holy Grail]]'', which he co-directed with Gilliam, and also directed the subsequent Python films ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian|Life of Brian]]'' and ''[[Monty Python's The Meaning of Life|The Meaning of Life]]''.
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