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Ken:
... NY Times
By DANIEL E. SLOTNIKAUG. 4, 2016

Fred Tomlinson, Singer Who Led a ‘Monty Python’ Troupe, Dies at 88

Fred Tomlinson, a singer and arranger who led a troupe of vocalists on “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” and other British television shows, died on July 17. He was 88.

His death was announced on the Monty Python website. The announcement did not say where he died.

Mr. Tomlinson led the Fred Tomlinson Singers, who sang loudly about topics like canned meat (while wearing horned Viking helmets) in “Spam Song” and lumberjacks, led by one with a penchant for cross-dressing, in “The Lumberjack Song,” which he wrote with Michael Palin and Terry Jones.

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Skhilled:
Mony Pyton's Flying Circus is my absolute favorite show of all time!!!

R.I.P.!

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