Monty Python star has cancer
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MONTY Python star Terry Jones has bowel cancer, although doctors believe they have caught it at an early stage.
Jones, who directed the cult comedy troupe's three films, Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and The Meaning of Life, was in a private London hospital after being diagnosed, the Daily Mirror said.
His agent Jodi Shield told the newspaper: "He is having a routine exploratory operation in the next few days.
"His surgeon is fairly confident - they think they've got it early enough.
"He's in great spirits. We're having to make him stop working."
The paper said Jones, 64, was told of his diagnosis just days before last Wednesday's London premiere of Monty Python musical Spamalot, when he appeared alongside fellow Pythons Eric Idle, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam.
Jones often took female roles in Monty Python's films and sketches - perhaps his most famous line was in Life of Brian when, playing the hero's mother, he said: "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy."
MONTY Python star Terry Jones has bowel cancer, although doctors believe they have caught it at an early stage.
Jones, who directed the cult comedy troupe's three films, Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and The Meaning of Life, was in a private London hospital after being diagnosed, the Daily Mirror said.
His agent Jodi Shield told the newspaper: "He is having a routine exploratory operation in the next few days.
"His surgeon is fairly confident - they think they've got it early enough.
"He's in great spirits. We're having to make him stop working."
The paper said Jones, 64, was told of his diagnosis just days before last Wednesday's London premiere of Monty Python musical Spamalot, when he appeared alongside fellow Pythons Eric Idle, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam.
Jones often took female roles in Monty Python's films and sketches - perhaps his most famous line was in Life of Brian when, playing the hero's mother, he said: "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy."
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