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John Cleese has cancerous tumour removed

John Cleese has cancerous tumour removed
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Monty Python and Fawlty Towers star John Cleese reveals that he had "a small cancerous bit" removed from his leg last week.

Veteran comedian John Cleese has revealed that he had a successful operation to remove a cancerous tumour last week.

The 80-year-old Fawlty Towers star previously had a prostate cancer scare in 1996, an epiphanic moment that made him "live on the basis that I might at any given moment fall under a bus".

Posting on Twitter, Cleese wrote: "Had a minor operation on Friday. A surgeon cut a small cancerous bit out of my leg. Very minor.

"At my age this sort of thing happens about once a week. He did a beautiful job, sewed it up and said: 'Tis but a scratch.'"

Earlier this year Cleese led tributes to Monty Python co-star Terry Jones following his death after a battle with dementia, praising his "many talents and endless enthusiasm", adding: "Two down, four to go."

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