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On 9 June 2014, Mayall died at his home in Barnes, Richmond-upon-Thames, London, following a sudden heart attack after a morning jog, at the age of 56. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] His funeral took place on 19 June 2014, at St. George's Church in Dittisham , Devon. [ 57 ]
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 ...
Rik Mayall, 56, English comedian, writer and actor (The Young Ones, Drop Dead Fred, Bottom), cardiac arrest. [192] Bosse Persson, 72, Swedish eccentric and political figure, founder of the Donald Duck Party. [193] Elsie Quarterman, 103, American plant ecologist. [194] Vitaly Shafranov, 84, Russian theoretical physicist. [195]
Written in character, Rik claims that he invented alternative comedy with The Young Ones, saved Rock and Roll with the song Living Doll, brought down the Thatcher administration with The New Statesman, and rescued the British film industry with the 'vast revenues' generated by Drop Dead Fred. [4] It received mostly positive reviews. [5] [6] [7]
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Rik Mayall: 1958-2014 Successful comedy actor in various UK comedy series and some comedy films. He developed epilepsy arising from a quad bike accident in 1998. [15] Hugo Weaving: born 1960 An actor who has taken anticonvulsants for epilepsy since his first seizure at age 13. [16] [17] Martin Kemp: born 1961
Rik Mayall: 1958–2014: Actor, writer and comedian, and a pioneer of alternative comedy in the 1980s: Lived and died in Barnes [55] [56] Peter Mayhew: 1944–2019: Actor who played Chewbacca in the Star Wars films: Born and brought up in Barnes [57] John Moody: c.1727–1812: Irish actor who retired to Barnes Common as a market gardener
The musician has been remembered after his death at the age of 90.