Monty Python's Life of Brian -- a biblil satire -- is beg re-released theatr, 25 years after s first release. We feature archive terviews wh four of the players om Monty Python's Flyg Circ, startg wh Graham Chapman. He was the straight man the Monty Python troupe, who would e and break up the sks. A physician by trag, he was a wrer and activist for gay rights. He died 1989. (Rebroadst om July 2, 1987.)
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ON THIS GAY DAY: ‘MONTY PYTHON’ ACTOR GRAHAM CHAPMAN WAS BORN
Comic Graham Chapman was the straight man the Monty Python troupe who would e and break up the sks. A physician by trag, he was a wrer and activist for gay rights. He died 1989. (REBROADCAST FROM 7 * graham chapman gay *
In 1972, he helped start the pneerg newspaper Gay News, and me out publicly (and dnkenly) on televisn. " Graham was a standout of the group wh his tall, blond profile and his zany characters (one of the more memorable was Colonel Muriel Voltrangler, a vaguely ary-type character who would stop a sketch bee was "much too silly") was openly gay long before was socially acceptable, and was open about his long-term relatnship wh wrer David Sherlock, who lived wh him for 24 years. A physician by trag, he was a wrer and activist for gay rights.
Chapman disclosed his homosexualy on a Brish televisn program 1972 makg him one of the first celebri to e out. He was a huge supporter of the Gay Liberatn Front and the publitn Gay News.
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Openly gay Monty Python member Graham Chapman passed away 1989, but he's back (sort of) to star A Liar's Autobgraphy, the animated versn of his * graham chapman gay *
" Chapman's openns about his sexualy, publicly disclosg his homosexualy on a TV show 1972, ma him one of the first UK celebri to do so. He beme a vol supporter of gay rights, addg to his legacy as an advote for social change.
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Addnally, Chapman's openns about his sexualy and advocy for gay rights have ntributed to fosterg a more clive and acceptg society the honor of his ntributns, an asteroid, 9617 Grahamchapman, was named after him, payg homage to his stellar talent and creativy. Chapman disclosed his homosexualy public on a TV show 1972.
Openly gay Monty Python member Graham Chapman passed away 1989, but he’s back (sort of) to star A Liar’s Autobgraphy, the animated versn of his life story butg November 2 on the HD work EPIX. In the exclive clip above, we see Chapman’s mum disverg her son is gay (well, mostly) by watchg him discs his sexualy on a TV chat show. Chapman’s progrs through medil school, alholism, acknowledgment of his gay inty and the toils of surreal edy.
“Graham’s is the story of a man who was openly gay but secretly alholic, ” Mr. Openly gay, and for years a closeted drker, he arguably had a more lorful offscreen life than his fellow Pythons, but he also had a ls vivid, more lightweight ic personaly than any of them.