Truly shocked to hear about Rik Mayall, known for his roles as Rick in the anarchic eighties sitcom The Young Ones, Flasheart in Blackadder and Alan B'stard in The New Statesman, also known over the pond as Fred in Drop Dead Fred. Very young too - doesn't appear to have been ill. Sad.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/comedy/comedy-news/10887182/Rik-Mayall-dies-aged-56.html
