The anarchic British comedian Rik Mayall, celebrated for his work in era-defining British comedies such as Blackadder, The Young Ones and The Comic Strip Presents, has died, his agents announced ...

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 early ...

Rik Mayall, one of a generation of performers that injected post-punk energy into British comedy, has died at the age of 56. Mayall's management firm Brunskill Management said the comedian died ...

Rik Mayall, 56, one of the leading lights of Britain’s alternative comedy scene in the 1980s, was best known for starring roles in hit TV series “Blackadder,” “The Young Ones,” “The ...

Rik Mayall, the beloved British comedian, writer and actor, has died at the age of 56, according to a statement from his management, Brunskill. "We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Rik ...

British comedian Rik Mayall, known as one of the pioneers for alternative comedy, died on Monday morning. He was 56. Mayall, who got his start with comedy troupe The Comic Strip, was beloved for ...

Rik Mayall, a British comedian famous for his work in the 1980s BBC2 cult comedy The Young Ones, was pronounced dead at his home London this morning. In 1998, Mayall survived a near-fatal quad ...

The not so Young One: Rik Mayall shows off his middle-aged paunch. By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Updated: 10:14 EDT, 30 March 2009 ...

Rik Mayall's breakout role that cemented him as one of alternative comedy's leading stars. Along with Ade Edmondson, Nigel Planer and Christopher Ryan, Mayall became an icon of British TV in the ...

Bosses of TV channel Dave are deciding when to air an episode of a show that Rik Mayall filmed before he died.. The comedian recorded an episode of Crackanory, a grown-up version of children's ...

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.