February 1, 1942 - January 21, 2020
Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and author
Author of "The Tyrant and the Squire", "The Saga of Erik the Viking" (for which he won a Children's Book Award in 1984) and "The Lady and the Squire" (for which he was nominated for a Whitbread Award in 2001)
Was a founding member of the Monty Python comedy troupe