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The comedian and actor Rik Mayall has died this morning at the age of 56, his agent has confirmed.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/rik-mayall-dead-comedian-and-actor-dies-aged-56-9515603.html
randys1
(16,286 posts)Timez Squarez
(262 posts)I loved Drop Dead Fred. He was hysterically funny with Phoebe Cates.
randys1
(16,286 posts)shenmue
(38,513 posts)He was fantastic in 'The Young Ones.'
Rest in peace.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Cross Gently, Rik, you funny bastard!!!!!!
oldironside
(1,248 posts)For my generation, he and his confederates redefined comedy.
Gutted.
Tikki
(14,592 posts)Tikki
frylock
(34,825 posts)loved his character on The Young Ones. RIP.
myrna minx
(22,772 posts)truebrit71
(20,805 posts)modrepub
(3,526 posts)...Vyvian did it.
I can't tell you how many hours I wasted back in college watching the Young Ones.
T_i_B
(14,769 posts)Bottom was absolutely hilarious. That and The Young Ones are still 2 of my all time favourite comedy shows.
LeftishBrit
(41,248 posts)Far too young to die.
T_i_B
(14,769 posts)The Essex-born actor, who starred in alternative comedy shows such as The Young Ones and Blackadder, died on Monday morning, a spokesman for Brunskill Management said. The cause of death is currently unknown.
The plaque's QR code links to the opening credits of Bottom, a slapstick sitcom starring Mayall, about two flatmates who live on the dole in Hammersmith, London, which ran for three series between 1991 and 1995. In the credit sequence, Mayall does indeed punch his friend Adrian Edmondson in the balls.
oldironside
(1,248 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,637 posts)(Funny adult tales in the style of Jackanory, if you haven't seen it)
Review (tonight is a repeat): http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/crackanory-tv-review-all-hail-mayall-the-muchmissed-king-of-manic-comedy-9754170.html
dipsydoodle
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