Monty Python star Terry Jones has bowel cancer, although doctors believe they have caught it at an early stage, a British newspaper has reported. Jones, who directed the cult comedy troupe’s three films, "Life of Brian", "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "The Meaning of Life", is in a private London hospital after being diagnosed, the Daily Mirror said Saturday. 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 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 eponymous hero’s mother, he said: "He’s not the Messiah, he’s a very naughty boy". Graham Chapman, another Monty Python founder member, died in 1989 after contracting throat cancer.
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Hope he gets through it.
