JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Terry Jones, a founding member of the anarchic Monty Python troupe who was hailed by colleagues as "the complete Renaissance comedian" and "a man of endless enthusiasms," has died at age 77 after suffering from dementia.
Jones's family said he died Tuesday evening at his home in London "after a long, extremely brave but always good humored battle with a rare form of dementia."
"We have all lost a kind, funny, warm, creative and truly loving man whose uncompromising individuality, relentless intellect and extraordinary humor has given pleasure to countless millions across six decades," Jones's wife, Anna Soderstrom, and children Bill, Sally and Siri, said in a statement.
Born in Wales in 1942, Jones attended Oxford University, where he beg
