LONDON (Reuters) - British actor and comedian Rik Mayall, best known for his appearances in BBC shows "The Young Ones" and "Blackadder," has died aged 56, his manager said on Monday. LONDON (Reuters) ...

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.

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 ...

Rik Mayall died from an "acute cardiac event", his wife Barbara has confirmed. Barbara Robbin released an official statement regarding her husband's death on Monday (June 9), explaining that the comic ...

British comedian and actor Rik Mayall, perhaps best known to American audiences for playing the title character in the absurdist cult film Drop Dead Fred, has died at age 56, the Daily Mirror reports.

Desert Island Discs listeners are reacting to Adrian Edmondson’s tearful recollection of comedian and actor Rik Mayall. Edmondson appeared on the BBC Radio 4 show, which is hosted by Lauren Laverne, ...

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 ...

Outrageously funny comedian and actor Rik Mayall, whose groundbreaking sitcom The Young Ones was inspired by the house in East Didsbury where he lived as a student, has died aged 56. Mayall studied ...

British comedian and actor Rik Mayall, who appeared in The Young Ones and Blackadder, passed away Monday at the age of 56, The Associated Press reports.

LONDON (Reuters) - Rik Mayall, the comic actor who pioneered a new wave of British television comedy in the 1980s, died on Monday, aged 56, his management company said. Famed for his anarchic comic ...