Utterly gutted by this, he made my childhood and early teens hilarious.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.
RIP Rik Mayall
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Re: RIP Rik Mayall
Ah shit. He was awesome.
RIP Lord Flashheart, Alan B'Stard etc.
RIP Lord Flashheart, Alan B'Stard etc.
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Re: RIP Rik Mayall
Lord Flashheart has died
It's the only thing I know him from.
It's the only thing I know him from.
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Re: RIP Rik Mayall
This. :'(Mr Bean wrote:Lord Flashheart has died
It's the only thing I know him from.
Not that makes it any easier.
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Re: RIP Rik Mayall
Fingers...fingers Piers...
RIP
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Flash by name, flash by nature! WOOF!
RIP Lord Flashheart.
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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.
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So I stare wistfully at the Lightning for a couple of minutes. Two missiles, sharply raked razor-thin wings, a huge, pregnant belly full of fuel, and the two screamingly powerful engines that once rammed it from a cold start to a thousand miles per hour in under a minute. Life would be so much easier if our adverseries could be dealt with by supersonic death on wings - but alas, Human resources aren't so easily defeated.
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Re: RIP Rik Mayall
Another comedic legend, gone...such a shame. Still a young man as well, only 56 
RIP.
RIP.
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Re: RIP Rik Mayall
My childhood heroes are really dropping like flies this year. RIP, Rik.
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Re: RIP Rik Mayall
RIP Lord Flashheart