For an entire generation growing up the 1980s and 1990s, Rik Mayall was one of the most familiar - and fascinating - faces on television. And now, 11 years after his death at the age of 56, his legacy ...

Rik Mayall, who played the pompous, poetry-spouting anarchist Rick on the early Eighties U.K. cult comedy The Young Ones, has died, according to a statement his manager shared with the BBC. He was 56.

CHRIS UHLMANN: British comedian and actor Rik Mayall has died at his home in London. The 56 year old will be remembered for playing the obnoxious, poetry-writing anarchist Rick in The Young Ones. The ...

I feel sorry for you, you zeros, you nobodies. What's going to live on after you die? Nothing, that's what! This house will become a shrine! And punks and skins and Rastas will all gather round and ...

Edgar Wright, Eric Idle and David Walliams were among those paying tribute to the actor and cult comedian who appeared in "The Young Ones" and "Blackadder." By Stuart Kemp Rik Mayall 1995 - P 2014 ...

“The Young Ones” and “Drop Dead Fred” actor Rik Mayall has died at age 56, his management team told the BBC. The British comedian played the obnoxious, poetry-writing anarchist Rick in “The Young Ones ...