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[edit] who?

"Chapman's ashes were scattered over the summit of Snowdon, North Wales by Sherlock on June 18, 2005."

who in the name of the killer rabbit is Sherlock?

Sherlock, as it states earlier in the article, was Chapmans lover. David Sherlock to be precise.--Crestville 13:48, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

5.6.06: In the "Death" section: "Those at his side at the time of his parting were John Cleese, Michael Palin, and John Chapman's wife. It is noted that John Chapman himself walked in only seconds after Graham had died, and Cleese had to be escorted into another room to overcome his grief; he had never seen anyone die before.

1. Who is John Chapman? Given his surname and the context, I assume that he's a close relative, but some explanation should be given at the first reference to him.
2. The structure of "It is noted that John Chapman himself walked in only seconds after Graham had died" suggests some missing, important text, presumably about some underlying relationship dynamics. If this isn't the case, and if the author sees this note, then please revise acoordingly. Thanks.

[edit] eulogy

The external link to the eulogy is on limited bandwidth and might be unavailable sometimes (like right now). Anybody know an alternative location?

CornedBee

[edit] new eulogy

Found it on youtube

- Miketheshrubber

still not the whole thing, though. it sounds awfully perverse, for some reason, but it would be nice if someone could find the entire service. the one on youtube is half of cleese's eulogy, and then just the group and others singing ALOTBSOL. riana 10:59, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


Changed the part about Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. It's from Meaning of Life, not Life of Brian.... jim r selleck

No, it isn't. Vitriden 17:18, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] new image

cheers, much friendlier than before! :p riana 13:34, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Personal Life

Is there a reason that Cleese leaving is mentioned in the anecdote of the bigoted woman writing in and Idle responding? Is there some implication I'm missing? Alvis 05:29, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, if Idle said he "killed" him, and he left the show after that...--165.234.186.241 19:18, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

I've understood that Chapman battled severe alcoholism in the turn of the 70-80's; i.a. Douglas Adams is mentioned, in one of his biographies, to recall that they drank excessively while working with each other. I believe that Chapman succesfully overcame his alcoholism later. Should some of this be included? Naphra 15:00, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

The first line of Personal Life says "Chapman was an alcoholic in the 1970s,"

Ah, so it does. My bad. Naphra

"...and subsequently raised their son, John Tomiczek together." This is not clear - who raised whose son, and where did he get his surname?

[edit] Citation Needed

I re-added the bit in Legacy about Grahams ashes being scattered on Snowdon. David Sherlock is my Uncle and told me about it. Other than that I don't know how else to prove it's true! It just is. So if somebody can tell me how better I should write it then please let me know. Thanks.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Graham-Chapman-DVD.jpg

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[edit] Chapman's ashes revisited

This article conflicts with the David Sherlock article with respect to the fate of Chapman's ashes. Are there any definitive sources for either? --ukexpat 15:09, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GCArchives.com website has expired

The website gcarchives.com is now occupied by advertisements for online gambling. My guess is that the web hosting contract with Chapman's estate/agent/other sysadmin expired and someone noticed it or used an automated registrar to buy the domain name. I've deleted the link. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.187.18.165 (talk) 15:47, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Graham Chapam Day

I'm assuming this is false? SirMeh 14:03, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 'The Ministry of Silly Walks'-sketch...

...was written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones, although in the 'Looks like a brown trouser-job'-dvd, Chapman speaks about himself and Cleese coming up with the idea, and then ringing up Palin and Jones to do the actual writing. --84.208.240.143 21:36, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:KingGraham.jpg

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[edit] joakum

The article is a little bit too positive on mr. joakum. I am going to tone it down a little bit. For example, the college tours weren't recorded by him, but by the universities. Also made a few changes to the anecdote on his homosexuality - I listened to an interview and it was slightly different from what was written here previously. -- Spiny Norman, 4-2-2008

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Chapman3.jpg

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[edit] Date of memorial service

The article says that the service (with Cleese's eulogy) was in December 1989, but the linked transcript says January 1990. The video clip begins with a title "December 1989" so I'm dubious about the accuracy of the transcript. I've added a link to an undated transcript at a eulogy website. JamesMLane t c 07:00, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Graham Chapman did NOT have a middle name. If you look at the births, deaths and marriages index for England and Wales, January, February and March 1941, his birth name is listed as solely Graham Chapman. Then under the deaths for England and Wales for 1989, he is listed as Graham Chapman again. If Arthur was his middle name, it would have been listed on either entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.38.18.89 (talk) 16:22, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Coming out

Does anyone know exactly when Chapman came out? The article currently says "in the mid-70s" which is probably when Chapman was at his most visible, but not very specific. Was it before or after MPFC ended? Did Cleese or any of the other Pythons know before he came out on the talkshow? It appears he was already an advocate for gay rights before coming out, as I wouldn't call '72 the mid-70s, but I'm not really sure. If anyone knows enough on the matter to make the section more specific, I would appreciate. ~ Switch (✉✍☺☒) 06:41, 15 April 2008 (UTC)