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  1. Jun 9, 2014 · LONDON (AP) — Rik Mayall, one of a generation of performers that injected post-punk energy into British comedy, has died. He was 56. Mayall’s management firm Brunskill Management said the comedian died at his London home on Monday. In the 1980s Mayall was part of the Comic Strip, a hugely influential group of alternative young comics that ...

  2. 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. His acting debut was at the age of seven when he appeared in one of his father's stage plays.

  3. Jun 9, 2014 · Mon 9 Jun 2014 15.01 EDT. Rik Mayall, who has died suddenly aged 56, was a phenomenal and outrageous performer, a leading light of the "alternative" comedy circuit that emerged from the Comedy...

  4. Jun 9, 2014 · He is one of my comedy heroes," the comedian said. Mayall leaves his wife Barbara and three children. The life of comedian and actor Rik Mayall, who has died at the age of 56.

  5. 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.

  6. Jun 9, 2014 · June 9, 2014, 9:18 AM PDT. British actor and comedian Rik Mayall, best known for his appearances in BBC shows "The Young Ones" and "Blackadder," as well as for his role in the 1991 comedy "Drop...

  7. Jun 9, 2014 · By Peter Keepnews. June 9, 2014. Rik Mayall, an actor, comedian and writer whose work on “The Young Ones” and other television series helped define alternative comedy in Britain in the 1980s,...

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