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Rik Mayall passed away...
June 9, 2014 at 3:11 pm
Sad Day:
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/...young-ones
He was a major part of my growing up. In my teens he was the funniest thing ever.
Just as a sample, something most have not seen even if they knew him:
With Adrian Edmondson as ever...
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RE: Rik Mayall passed away...
June 9, 2014 at 3:15 pm
I just read this on the Beeb.
A great comedy talent has been lost.
I watched him just a couple of weeks ago in Drop Dead Fred.
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RE: Rik Mayall passed away...
June 9, 2014 at 7:33 pm
Aw, bugger. Just 56.
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RE: Rik Mayall passed away...
June 9, 2014 at 9:05 pm
Always sad when someone dies that young.
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RE: Rik Mayall passed away...
June 9, 2014 at 9:08 pm
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Bummer. I remember him from The Young Ones, back when MTV ran it in the mid-80s. Funny sonofabitch.
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RE: Rik Mayall passed away...
June 9, 2014 at 9:23 pm
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"