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RIP Rik Mayall
Posted: 2014-06-09 11:57am
by Dartzap
Beeb
British comedian and actor Rik Mayall has died aged 56, according to his management team.
He played the obnoxious, poetry-writing anarchist Rick in The Young Ones alongside his friend Adrian Edmondson before the duo later went on to star in their sitcom Bottom.
Mayall also appeared in shows including Blackadder and The New Statesman.
He was left seriously ill after a quad bike accident in 1998 which left him in a coma for several days.
Mayall's film roles included the comedies Drop Dead Fred and Guest House Paradiso.
Utterly gutted by this, he made my childhood and early teens hilarious.
Re: RIP Rik Mayall
Posted: 2014-06-09 11:58am
by Eternal_Freedom
Ah shit. He was awesome.
RIP Lord Flashheart, Alan B'Stard etc.
Re: RIP Rik Mayall
Posted: 2014-06-09 11:59am
by Mr Bean
Lord Flashheart has died
It's the only thing I know him from.
Re: RIP Rik Mayall
Posted: 2014-06-09 12:01pm
by Crazedwraith
Mr Bean wrote:Lord Flashheart has died
It's the only thing I know him from.
This. :'(
Not that makes it any easier.
Re: RIP Rik Mayall
Posted: 2014-06-09 03:03pm
by Kane Starkiller
Fingers...fingers Piers...
RIP
Re: RIP Rik Mayall
Posted: 2014-06-09 03:36pm
by Darth Nostril
Flash by name, flash by nature! WOOF!
RIP Lord Flashheart.
Re: RIP Rik Mayall
Posted: 2014-06-10 05:37am
by Hillary
Really shocked by the news - The Young Ones came out when I was about 12 or 13. It is impossible to state quite how exciting it was as a show. This was the era when situation comedy meant Terry & June and stand up meant Cannon & Ball. The impact that this had, along with Comic Strip and comedians like Ben Elton and Harry Enfield, was simply enormous. It was like Punk Rock all over again.
Re: RIP Rik Mayall
Posted: 2014-06-10 10:06am
by Darth Nostril
Re: RIP Rik Mayall
Posted: 2014-06-10 10:55am
by Iroscato
Another comedic legend, gone...such a shame. Still a young man as well, only 56
RIP.
Re: RIP Rik Mayall
Posted: 2014-06-10 01:52pm
by Raw Shark
My childhood heroes are really dropping like flies this year. RIP, Rik.
Re: RIP Rik Mayall
Posted: 2014-07-01 12:41pm
by Darth Yan
RIP Lord Flashheart
