Terry Jones – Frontotemporal Dementia
The world of comedy lost a great one in January 2020 after Terry Jones’ family announced that he had lost his long battle against dementia. The Monty Python troupe founder had always been open about his diagnosis, revealing that he first experienced hardship in memorizing lines in 2014, when the group reunited for a classic act.
A few years later, Jones revealed his illness and how it hampered his ability to write and perform. The comedian described losing his skill to speak as the ‘cruelest thing’ that could ever happen to someone whose words have become a huge part of his life.
