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Richard Michael Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014), known professionally as Rik Mayall, was an English comedian, actor and writer. He formed a close partnership with Ade Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University, and was a pioneer of alternative comedy in the 1980s.
Jun 9, 2014 · British comedian and actor Rik Mayall has died aged 56. He played obnoxious, poetry-writing anarchist Rick in The Young Ones with his friend Adrian Edmondson.
Actor: The Young Ones. Rik Mayall, one of the first and foremost alternative comedians in the UK, was born in Matching Tye, a village just outside Harlow in Essex. His parents, John and Gillian, were both drama teachers.
Jun 9, 2024 · Angela Pearson remembers the comedy genius Rik Mayall, 10 years after his death. Here, she fondly recounts his unquestionable legacy. An endlessly playful energy exuded from him - it was...
Jun 10, 2014 · The comedian and actor Rik Mayall has died at the age of 56, his agent confirmed. Born in Essex and raised in Worcester, Mayall starred alongside Adrian Edmondson in The Young Ones and...
Jun 9, 2014 · Mayall leaves his wife Barbara and three children. The life of comedian and actor Rik Mayall, who has died at the age of 56.
Jun 12, 2014 · Actor Rik Mayall is asked to move on by police as he poses as his comic 1980's TV character Alan B'Stard to launch the four-month UK tour of the stage adaptation of the satirical TV series...
Rik Mayall. Actor: The Young Ones. Rik Mayall, one of the first and foremost alternative comedians in the UK, was born in Matching Tye, a village just outside Harlow in Essex. His parents, John and Gillian, were both drama teachers.
Jun 9, 2014 · Comedian and actor Rik Mayall has died aged 56. He was best known for the TV shows The Young Ones and Bottom, both of which he starred in alongside long-time collaborator Adrian Edmondson.
Jun 10, 2014 · One of the linchpins of British television comedy in the 1980s and 90s, Rik Mayall has died at the age of 56. Born in Harlow, Essex in 1958, he became perhaps most famous as the anarchic student Rick in the irreverent BBC sitcom The Young Ones (1982-84), one of his several collaborations with Adrian Edmondson.
