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| Born | Graham Chapman 8 January 1941 Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
| Died | 4 October 1989 (aged 48) Maidstone, Kent, England |
| Other name(s) | Gray Chapman |
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Graham Chapman (8 January 1941 – 4 October 1989) was an English comedian, actor, writer, physician and one of the six members of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health Monty Python (sometimes known as The Pythons) is the collective name of the six creators of Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British Television He was also the lead actor in their two narrative films, playing King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail and the title character in Monty Python's Life of Brian. King Arthur is a legendary British leader who according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 film written and performed by the comedy group Monty Python ( Graham Chapman, John Cleese Monty Python's Life of Brian, also known as The Life of Brian, is a 1979 Comedy film written directed and largely performed by the
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Education and early performances
Graham Chapman was educated at Melton Mowbray Grammar School and studied medicine at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he began writing comedy sketches with John Cleese, who was also a Cambridge student. Melton Mowbray (known locally as Melton) is a town in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary John Marwood Cleese (ˈkliːz born 27 October, 1939) is a British Actor, Comedian, Writer, Film producer Chapman qualified as a medical doctor at the Barts Hospital Medical College, but never practised medicine professionally. A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health
While at Cambridge, Chapman joined Footlights. Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club, commonly referred to simply as the Footlights, is an amateur theatrical club in Cambridge England, run by the students His fellow members included Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, David Hatch, Jonathan Lynn, Humphrey Barclay, and Jo Kendall. Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor (born 17 July 1940) is an English comic Actor known in Britain and Australia as a member of The Goodies William Edgar Oddie, OBE (born 7 July 1941 is an English Actor, Writer, Comedian, Natural history Presenter Sir David Hatch ( 7 May, 1939 &ndash 13 June, 2007) was involved in production and management at BBC Radio, where he held many executive Career Personal life Born in Bath, England, Lynn was educated at Kingswood School, Bath (1954–1961 after which he studied Law at Humphrey Barclay (born 24 March 1941 in Dorking, Surrey, England) is a comedy executive and producer Jo Kendall is a British Actress. In August 1963 she appeared in the West End in London, New Zealand and Broadway, in Their revue A Clump of Plinths was so successful at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that they renamed it Cambridge Circus, and took the revue to the West End in London and later New Zealand and Broadway in September 1964. The Edinburgh Fringe (officially the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, commonly just The Fringe) is the world’s largest Arts festival. Cambridge Circus is a comedy revue that played in London in 1963. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located The revue appeared in October 1964 on The Ed Sullivan Show. The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television Variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6,
Writing for the BBC
Chapman and Cleese wrote professionally for the BBC during the 1960s, primarily for David Frost, but also for Marty Feldman. Sir David Paradine Frost, OBE (born 7 April 1939) is an English Satirist and Television presenter, famed as both a Martin Alan "Marty" Feldman ( 8 July 1934 &ndash 2 December 1982) was an English writer comedian and Actor, Chapman also contributed sketches to the BBC radio series I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again and television programmes such as The Illustrated Weekly Hudd (starring Roy Hudd), Cilla Black, This is Petula Clark, and This is Tom Jones. I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again (often abbreviated ISIRTA was a BBC Radio comedy programme that originated from the Cambridge University A comedy sketch series that ran on the BBC from 1966 to 1967 starring Roy Hudd. Roy Hudd, OBE (born 16 May 1936 in Croydon) is an English radio and television actor Cilla Black OBE (born Priscilla Maria Veronica White on 27 May, 1943) is an English Singer-songwriter and Television This is Petula Clark was a six-episode comedy/variety series that aired on the BBC in 1966. This is Tom Jones was an ATV variety series starring Tom Jones. Chapman, Cleese, and Tim Brooke-Taylor then joined Feldman in the television comedy series At Last the 1948 Show. At Last the 1948 Show was a satirical TV show made by David Frost's company Paradine Productions (although it was not credited on the programmes in association Chapman, and on occasion Cleese, also wrote for the long-running television comedy series Doctor in the House. Doctor in the House is a British television comedy series based on a set of books and a movie of the same name by Richard Gordon about the misadventures Chapman also co-wrote several episodes with Bernard McKenna and David Sherlock. Bernard McKenna (born 1944 is a Scottish writer/producer who has written or co-written many hours of British television comedy David Sherlock is a British Writer and was the Domestic partner of Graham Chapman of Monty Python, whom he met in 1966 in Ibiza
Monty Python's Flying Circus
In 1969 Chapman and Cleese joined Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle and American artist Terry Gilliam for Monty Python's Flying Circus. Michael Edward Palin, CBE (born 5 May 1943 is an English Comedian, actor writer and Television presenter best known for being one of the members For other uses see Terry Jones (disambiguation. Terence Graham Parry Jones (born 1 February 1942) is a Welsh Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943 is an English Comedian, Actor, Author, Singer and Composer of comedic songs The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Terrence Vance Gilliam (born 22 November 1940) is an American -born British Writer, Filmmaker, Animator and member Monty Python’s Flying Circus (also known as Flying Circus or during the final series just Monty Python) is a BBC Sketch comedy Cleese and Chapman's classic Python sketches include “The Ministry of Silly Walks”, "Raymond Luxury Yacht", and “Dead Parrot”. " The Ministry of Silly Walks " is a sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus, episode 14 titled "Face the Press" The Dead Parrot sketch, alternatively and originally known as Pet Shop sketch or Parrot Sketch, is a popular sketch from Monty Python's Flying These were largely straight roles, but in the Flying Circus, he had tended to specialise in characters closer to his own personality: outwardly calm, authoritative figures barely concealing a manic unpredictability.
In David Morgan's 1999 book Monty Python Speaks, Cleese asserted that Chapman - although officially his co-writer for many of their sketches - contributed comparatively little in the way of direct writing. Rather, the Pythons have said that his biggest contribution in the writing room was an uncanny intuition as to what was funny. Although often small, his contributions were often the spice that gave the sketch its flavour. In the classic "Dead Parrot Sketch", written mostly by Cleese, the frustrated customer was initially trying to return a faulty toaster to a shop. The Dead Parrot sketch, alternatively and originally known as Pet Shop sketch or Parrot Sketch, is a popular sketch from Monty Python's Flying Chapman would ask "How can we make this madder?", and then came up with the idea that returning a dead parrot to a pet shop might make a more interesting subject than a toaster.
After Python
In the late 1970s, Chapman moved to Los Angeles, where he guest-starred on many US television shows, including The Hollywood Squares, Still Crazy Like a Fox, and the NBC sketch series The Big Show. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The Hollywood Squares was an American Television comedy and Game show in which two contestants play Tic-tac-toe to win money Still Crazy Like a Fox was a 1987 American television movie starring Jack Warden and John Rubinstein as a father and son team The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Upon returning to England he became involved with the Dangerous Sports Club (an extreme sports club which introduced bungee jumping to a wide audience). England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Dangerous Sports Club, a group of adventurers and extreme sports pioneers based in Oxford and London, were active from the late 1970s for about ten years during Extreme sport (also called action sport and adventure sport) is a media term for certain activities perceived as having a high level of inherent Bungee jumping is an activity that involves jumping from a tall structure while connected to a large elastic cord He began a lengthy series of US college tours in the 1980s, where he would tell the audience anecdotes on Monty Python, the Dangerous Sports Club, Keith Moon, and other subjects. His memoir, A Liar's Autobiography, was published in 1980 and, unusually for an autobiography, had five authors: Chapman, his partner David Sherlock, Alex Martin, David Yallop and Douglas Adams, who in 1977 was virtually unknown as a recent graduate fresh from Cambridge. A Liar's Autobiography (Volume VI is a mostly true though outlandishly told accounting of the life of Graham Chapman of Monty Python fame An autobiography, from the Greek αὐτός autos "self" βίος bios "life" and γράφειν graphein "to write" An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created David Sherlock is a British Writer and was the Domestic partner of Graham Chapman of Monty Python, whom he met in 1966 in Ibiza David Anthony Yallop (born 27 January 1937, London) is a British author who writes chiefly about unsolved crimes Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 &ndash 11 May 2001 was an English author comic Radio dramatist Together they wrote a pilot for a TV series, Out of the Trees; it was aired in 1975, but never became a series. They also wrote a show for Ringo Starr, which was never made. Adams was mentored by Chapman, but they later had a falling out and did not speak for several years.
Chapman's last project was to have been a TV series called Jake's Journey. Jake's Journey was a Television pilot created in 1988. It is notable as being one of the last projects for both Graham Chapman and Hal Ashby. Although the pilot episode was made, there were difficulties selling the project. A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. Following Chapman's death, there was no interest. Chapman was also to have played a guest role as a television presenter in the Red Dwarf episode “Timeslides”, but died before filming was to have started. According to the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, a red dwarf star is a small and relatively cool Star, of the Main sequence, either late K
In the years since Chapman's death, despite the existence of the "Graham Chapman Archive", only a few of his projects have actually been released. One such that has, is a play entitled O Happy Day, brought to life in 2000 by Dad's Garage Theatre Company in Atlanta, Georgia. Dad's Garage Theatre Company, located in Inman Park near Little Five Points in Atlanta, Georgia, was founded Michael Palin and John Cleese assisted the theatre company in adapting the play. He also appeared in the Iron Maiden video, Can I Play with Madness. For other uses see Iron maiden. " Can I Play with Madness " was the sixteenth single released by Iron Maiden.
Personal life
In many ways, Chapman was the epitome of public-school respectability, a tall (6'2"), craggy pipe-smoker who enjoyed mountaineering and playing rugby. At the same time, he was proudly gay and highly eccentric (Douglas Adams remembered seeing Chapman in his local pub, casually whacking his penis against the bar to attract the attention of the bar staff). In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 &ndash 11 May 2001 was an English author comic Radio dramatist
Chapman was an alcoholic from his time in medical school. Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions Medical education A medical school or faculty of medicine is a Tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches Medicine His drinking affected his performance on the TV recording set as well as on the set of Holy Grail, where he suffered from withdrawal symptoms including delirium tremens. Delirium tremens (colloquially the DTs, " the horrors " " the fear "" the shakes "" jazz hands "" He finally stopped drinking on Boxing Day 1977, having just irritated the other Pythons with an outspoken (and drunken) interview with the New Musical Express. Boxing Day is a public holiday in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, as well as many other members of the Commonwealth Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been
Chapman kept his homosexuality a secret until the mid 1970s when he famously came out on a chat show hosted by British jazz musician George Melly, becoming one of the first celebrities to do so. Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. Closeted Coming out (that is " coming out of the closet " describes the voluntary public announcement of one's Sexual orientation and/or Gender identity Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Alan George Heywood Melly ( 17 August 1926 – 5 July 2007) was an English Jazz and Blues Singer Several days later, he came out to a group of friends at a party held at his home in Belsize Park where he officially introduced them to his partner, David Sherlock, whom he had met in Ibiza in 1966. Belsize Park is an area of north-west London, England in the London Borough of Camden, located north-west of Charing Cross. David Sherlock is a British Writer and was the Domestic partner of Graham Chapman of Monty Python, whom he met in 1966 in Ibiza Ibiza (Eivissa is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea about 80 km off the coast of Spain Chapman later told in his college tour that when he made his homosexuality public, a member of the television audience wrote to the Pythons to complain that she had heard a member of the team was gay, and included in the letter 25 sheets of prayers that might perhaps still save him if he repented and said these prayers every day for the rest of his life. With fellow Pythons already aware of his sexual orientation, Eric Idle replied, "We've found out who it was and we've had him killed. Sexual orientation is believed to refer to "an enduring pattern of emotional romantic and/or sexual attractions to men women or both sexes Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943 is an English Comedian, Actor, Author, Singer and Composer of comedic songs " By coincidence, one man was indeed missing from the show shortly thereafter, because John Cleese left the Flying Circus in its 4th and final series.
Chapman was a vocal spokesman for gay rights, and in 1972 he lent his support to the fledgling newspaper Gay News, which publicly acknowledged his financial and editorial support by listing him as one of its "special friends". British attitudes towards LGBT rights and Homosexuality are regarded as some of the most liberal in the world Gay News was a pioneering fortnightly newspaper in the United Kingdom founded in June 1972 in a collaboration between the Gay Liberation Front
Among Chapman's closest friends were Keith Moon of The Who, singer Harry Nilsson, and Beatle Ringo Starr. Keith John Moon ( August 23, 1946 &ndash September 7, 1978) was the Drummer of the rock group The Who. The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend Harry Edward Nilsson III ( June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994) was an American Songwriter, singer Pianist, and The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Ringo Starr, MBE (born Richard Starkey on 7 July 1940 is an English Musician, Singer, Songwriter and Actor
During his 'drinking days', Chapman jokingly referred to himself as the British actress Betty Marsden, possibly because of Marsden's oft-quoted desire to die with a glass of gin in her hand. Betty Marsden ( February 24, 1919 – July 18, 1998) was an English Comedy actress. Gin is a spirit flavoured with Juniper berries. Distilled gin is made by redistilling white grain spirit which has been flavoured with juniper
Death
Chapman died of a rare spinal cancer. Spinal tumors are Neoplasms located in the Spinal cord. They are mostly metastases from primary cancers elsewhere (commonly breast, prostate It was diagnosed in November 1988 after Chapman's dentist found a growth on his tonsils. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) For the structure in the Cerebellum, see Cerebellar tonsil. The tonsils are areas By September 1989 the cancer was declared incurable. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) He filmed scenes for the 20th anniversary of Monty Python that month, but was taken ill again on October 1, 1989. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Present when he died in a Maidstone Hospice on the evening of October 4, 1989 were John Cleese, Michael Palin, David Sherlock, his brother John, and John's wife, although Cleese had to be led out of the room to deal with his grief. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) John Marwood Cleese (ˈkliːz born 27 October, 1939) is a British Actor, Comedian, Writer, Film producer Michael Edward Palin, CBE (born 5 May 1943 is an English Comedian, actor writer and Television presenter best known for being one of the members David Sherlock is a British Writer and was the Domestic partner of Graham Chapman of Monty Python, whom he met in 1966 in Ibiza Grief is a multi-faceted response to loss Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss it also has physical cognitive behavioral social and philosophical [1] Terry Jones and Peter Cook had visited earlier that day. For other uses see Terry Jones (disambiguation. Terence Graham Parry Jones (born 1 February 1942) is a Welsh Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 &ndash 9 January 1995 was an English Satirist, Writer and Comedian. Chapman's death occurred one day before the 20th anniversary of the first broadcast of Flying Circus; Terry Jones called it “the worst case of party-pooping in all history. For other uses see Terry Jones (disambiguation. Terence Graham Parry Jones (born 1 February 1942) is a Welsh "
A memorial service was held for Graham Chapman on the evening of December 6, 1989 in the Great Hall at St Bartholomew's Hospital. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known as Barts, is a hospital in Smithfield in the City of London, England. Cleese delivered the eulogy; after his initial remarks, which parodied the "Dead Parrot" sketch, he said of his former colleague: “…good riddance to him, the freeloading bastard, I hope he fries!”, and then pointed out that Chapman would have been disappointed if Cleese passed on the opportunity to scandalise the audience. A eulogy is a speech or writing in Praise of a person or thing [2][3] He explained that Chapman would have been offended had Cleese, the first person to say "shit" on British television, not used Chapman's own funeral as an opportunity to also become the first person at a British memorial service to use the word "fuck". Afterward, Cleese joined Gilliam, Jones, and Palin along with Chapman's other friends as Idle led them in a rendition of "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" from the film Monty Python's Life of Brian (not to be outdone by Cleese, Idle was heard to say during the song's close, "I'd like to be the last person here to say "'fuck'"). " Always Look on the Bright Side of Life " is a popular song written by Eric Idle that originally featured in the 1979 film Monty Python's Life of Brian
On 31 December 1999 Chapman's ashes were rumoured to have been "blasted into the skies in a rocket",[4][5] though in actual fact, Sherlock scattered Chapman's ashes on Snowdon, North Wales on 18 June 2005. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Space burial is a Burial procedure in which a small sample of the cremated ashes of the deceased are placed in a capsule the size of a tube of Lipstick For other meanings see Snowdon (disambiguation. Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa is the highest Mountain in Wales and the third
Legacy
The remaining Python members have acknowledged that Chapman was difficult to work with. After his death, speculation of a Python revival inevitably faded, with Idle saying, “we would only do a reunion if Chapman came back from the dead. So we're negotiating with his agent. ” Subsequent gatherings of the Pythons have actually been accompanied by an urn, said to contain Chapman's ashes. Cremation is the act of reducing a Corpse by burning, generally in a crematorium furnace or crematory fire At the 1998 Aspen Comedy Arts festival, the urn was 'accidentally' knocked over by Terry Gilliam, spilling the 'ashes' on-stage. Terrence Vance Gilliam (born 22 November 1940) is an American -born British Writer, Filmmaker, Animator and member The cremains were then removed with a dust-buster. Cremation is the act of reducing a Corpse by burning, generally in a crematorium furnace or crematory fire [6]
Asteroid 9617 Grahamchapman, named in Chapman's honour, is the first in a series of six asteroids carrying the names of members of the Monty Python comedy troupe. 9617 Grahamchapman is an Asteroid in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter.
In 1997, David Sherlock allowed Jim Yoakum to start the Graham Chapman Archives. Later that year, the novel Graham Crackers: Fuzzy Memories, Silly Bits, and Outright Lies was released. Graham Crackers Fuzzy Memories Silly Bits and Outright Lies was released in 1997 it is written by Graham Chapman and is a semi-sequel to A Liar's Autobiography It is a semi-sequel to A Liar's Autobiography, with Chapman works compiled by Yoakum. A collection of unpublished material has been released in 1999, Ojril: The Completely Incomplete Graham Chapman, containing scripts Graham wrote with Douglas Adams and others, such as "Our show for Ringo Starr, a. k. a. Goodnight Vienna". And in 2005 Calcium Made Interesting: Sketches, Letters, Essays & Gondolas was published. At one time, the script for "Out of the trees", written by Chapman and Adams in 1975 (and later extensively rewritten by Chapman with Bernard McKenna), was online, but Jim Yoakum had it removed.
His college tours in the 1980s had been recorded and these were released over the years by Yoakum. The CD A Liar Live was delayed several times, but was released as A Six Pack of Lies in 1997. Other college tours also came out on CD, such as Spot the Loony in 2001. A DVD of the tours (Looks Like a Brown Trouser) was released in 2005. The single episodes for "Out of the trees", which was wiped but later recovered on an early home video system, and "Jake's Journey" still remain to be released.
References
- ^ The Pythons Autobiography
- ^ Cleese, John. John Marwood Cleese (ˈkliːz born 27 October, 1939) is a British Actor, Comedian, Writer, Film producer Graham Chapman's Memorial Speech. Retrieved on 2008-03-13. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
- ^ John Cleese, Eric Idle. (1989). Graham Chapman's funeral (. SWF) [Video]. London, England: YouTube. Retrieved on 2007-01-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. (transcript)
- ^ "Python star Chapman's flying ashes", BBC News, 4 Jan 2000. Retrieved on 2007-07-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song.
- ^ "Monty Python Member's Ashes Missing; Rocket Blamed", Space. com, 3 Jan 2000. Retrieved on 2007-07-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song.
- ^ "And now for something completely different (and plenty that isn't)", BBC News, 9 March 1998. Retrieved on 2007-07-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song.
- McCabe, Bob (2005). The Life of Graham, The authorised biography of Graham Chapman. London: Orion Books. ISBN 0752857738.
- Chapman, Graham (October 2005). in Jim Yoakum (ed. ): Calcium Made Interesting : Sketches, Letters, Essays & Gondolas. London: Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 0283070161.
- Hewison, Robert (1983). Footlights! - A Hundred Years of Cambridge Comedy. London: Methuen London. ISBN 0413511502.
- Wilmut, Roger (1980). From Fringe to Flying Circus - 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980'. Eyre Methuen. ISBN 0413469506.
- Chapman, Graham (1980). A Liar's Autobiography (Volume VI). Methuen Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0416009018.
External links
- Graham Chapman at PythOnline Pythons Page
- Graham Chapman at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
- Graham Chapman at the Internet Broadway Database
- Graham Chapman at the Internet Movie Database
- Graham Chapman at the BBC Comedy Guide
- Graham Chapman at the Comedy Zone
- Graham Chapman at Gay Greats
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| Tim Brooke-Taylor — Graham Chapman — John Cleese — Marty Feldman — Aimi MacDonald |
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| NAME | Chapman, Graham Arthur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chapman, Graham |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | British comedian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8 January 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4 October 1989 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Maidstone, Kent, England |
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