R.I.P. Richard Michael “Rik” Mayall (1958-2014)
Richard Michael “Rik” Mayall, who forged a cult classic of a comedy career in the 1980s with his comedy partner, Adrian Edmondson, died today in his home in Barnes, London. Mayall was 56. Audiences best knew Mayall as Rick, the loud, anarchist poet in The Young Ones, which aired for …