. As well as starring, Jones also directedAfter Python, Jones worked on a wide variety of projects for screen and stage, writing and directing, wrote close to 20 children’s books, and penned regular opinion pieces for UK newspapers, including being a vocal critic on the War on Terror.
In 2016, he was given a Lifetime Achievement award at the BAFTA Cymru Awards for his contribution to television and film.His family sent a statement to the BBC which 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. “His work with Monty Python, his books, films, television programmes, poems and other work will live on forever, a fitting legacy to a true polymath.
“We hope that this disease will one day be eradicated entirely. We ask that our privacy be respected at this sensitive time and give thanks that we lived in the presence of an extraordinarily talented, playful and happy man living a truly authentic life, in his words ‘Lovingly frosted with glucose.'”
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