An appreciation of a great comedic performance by a British actor who never again appeared so prominently in an American film Americans hearing news of the death of British comedian Rik Mayallprobably ...

Former Triumph frontman Rik Emmett has revealed the moment he realized he was no longer part of mainstream music. With Emmett leading the way, Triumph scored an assortment of hits throughout the late ...

The best-known film of comedian and actor Rik Mayall – who sadly has died aged just 56 – was of course ‘Drop Dead Fred’, where he played the anarchic imaginary best friend to Phoebe Cates. What his ...

Family and friends of Rik Mayall have spoken of their shock at the comedy legend’s sudden death, aged just 56. His devastated wife Barbara Robbin revealed the cause was still a mystery, but said the ...

Manchester University’s drama department featured an all-star cast in the mid-1970s with Rik, Adrian Edmonson and Ben Elton all in attendance. Also among the faculty was David (Doc) Mayer, a North ...

Rik Mayall, one of British comedy's most loved comic actors, has died. The star of shows including The Young Ones, Bottom and The New Statesman was aged 56. His long-term comedy partner Adrian ...

Rik Mayall died from an "acute cardiac event", his wife Barbara has confirmed. Barbara Robbin released an official statement regarding her husband's death on Monday (June 9), explaining that the comic ...

He had asked to be buried rather than cremated, joking in typically anarchic fashion that he fancied being “eaten properly” by the worms. And when it came to it, Rik Mayall’s send-off was as full of ...

Rik Mayall has been laid to rest in a private funeral service attended by his family and friends.The ceremony was held in the picturesque village of Dittisham in Devon on Thursday, 10 days after the ...

Rik Smits is in a Pacers sweatshirt, which is curious because he left his home in sun-drenched Arizona and is renting a house in Whitestown just so he can be at every Butler basketball game to watch ...

Rik is Pocket-lint's senior news editor and has been a tech and games journalist since the 80s. He has seen and covered just about every console, mobile phone, gadget and home cinema device launched ...