The comedian and actor Rik Mayall has died this morning at the age of 56, his agent confirmed. Born in Essex and raised in Worcester, Mayall starred alongside Adrian Edmondson in The Young Ones and went on to appear in Bottom, The New Statesman and as Flashheart in Blackadder. He was left seriously ill after a quad bike accident in 1998 which left him in a coma for several days, but was working until recently. A spokeswoman said that the actor died at his home in London. RIP [ame]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aKfbSHW9uGA
He'd crashed a quad bike and almost died. I think it was medium term effects of that. But absolutely terrible. He should've had another 30 , 40 yrs or whatever...
