Monty Python star Terry Jones dies aged 77

A file photo of former Monty Python star Terry Jones in front of a "time machine" before an interview with Reuters at Sao Luis theatre in Lisbon Jan 10, 2008. - Reuters

LONDON (Reuters): Terry Jones, one of the British Monty Python comedy team, has died at the age of 77, the BBC said on Wednesday (Jan 22).

Born in Wales, Jones was also a film director and historian. He had long suffered from a rare form of dementia, FTD.