British comedian Rik Mayall dead at 56
英國喜劇演員里克·馬亞爾死亡56
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- Mayall is best known for starring in TV series "The Young Ones," "Blackadder" and "Bottom"
- He had lead role in movie "Drop Dead Fred," playing imaginary friend of Phoebe Cates
- Comedian survived a near-fatal quad bike accident in 1998
(CNN) -- Tributes are flowing in for much-loved British actor and comedian Rik Mayall, who died in London Monday at age 56.
Mayall, one of the leading lights of Britain's alternative comedy scene in the 1980s, is best known for starring roles in hit TV series "Blackadder," "The Young Ones," "The New Statesman" and "Bottom."
His agent, Kate Benson, of Brunskill Management, told CNN Mayall died suddenly Monday; she did not know the cause of his death.
Mayall first found widespread fame in student sitcom "The Young Ones," which ran for two years on the BBC, and was later shown on MTV in the United States.
The series, which he co-wrote, focused on the lives of four roommates at "Scumbag College." Mayall played politics-obsessed poet Rick alongside his long-term comedy partner Ade Edmondson as violent punk Vyvyan.
Edmondson led the tributes to Mayall Monday, telling Britain's Press Association news agency: "There were times when Rik and I were writing together when we almost died laughing.
"They were some of the most carefree, stupid days I ever had, and I feel privileged to have shared them with him. And now he's died for real. Without me. Selfish bastard."
Writer and comedian Ben Elton told the Press Association Mayall had "changed his life" by asking him to work on "The Young Ones." "He always made me cry with laughter, now he's just made me cry."
In cult favorite "Blackadder" -- also co-written by Elton -- Mayall was memorably cast in the guest role of the womanizing Lord Flashheart, who steals the anti-hero's fiancé from under his nose -- at the altar. His lines were regularly repeated in schoolyards and student pubs.
In the 1990s, he reunited with Edmondson for "Bottom," a slapstick-filled series about two unemployed flatmates who spend most of their time attacking each other violently with anything that comes to hand; the pair are reported to have come up with the idea for the show while starring in a production of Samuel Beckett's nihilistic "Waiting for Godot."
On Twitter, writer Hugo Rifkind suggested that fans of the show should pay homage to Mayall in true "Bottom" style: "Go home tonight, find someone you love, and hit them with a frying pan."
Mayall also branched out into movies, taking the lead role in 1991's"Drop Dead Fred," in which he played the imaginary friend of Phoebe Cates, returning years later to wreak havoc in the now grown-up Cates' life.
Mayall survived a near-fatal quad bike accident in 1998; he was in a coma for five days after the crash, on his farm in Devon, southwest England, and developed epilepsy as a result of the severe head injury he suffered when he was crushed under the bike.
In an interview several years later, he joked that he "beat Jesus" by coming back from the dead after so long. In 2006, he told Britain's Observer newspaper: "I was dead for five days. Jesus was only dead for three, so I beat him -- 17 April 1998 was the day I was sent back from heaven."
He said the accident left him "more aware of being alive."
House star Hugh Laurie, who worked with Mayall on "Blackadder," took to Twitter to recount a story about his co-star: "A young girl, stricken with terminal cancer, once asked Rik Mayall for an autograph. He wrote: 'Young Ones are never afraid.'"
- 英國演員和喜劇演員里克·馬亞爾是死在56
- 馬亞爾最出名的是在主演的電視劇“監獄風雲之少年犯”，“黑爵士”和“底”
- 他曾在電影帶頭作用“去死吧弗雷德，”打菲比凱茨的想像中的朋友
- 喜劇演員在1998年躲過了幾乎致命的四輪摩托車事故
（CNN） -貢品都流淌在為備受寵愛的英國演員和喜劇演員里克·馬亞爾，誰在倫敦去世週一年僅56歲。
馬亞爾，為英國的另類喜劇場面在20世紀80年代的領軍人物之一，最出名的是在主演熱播的電視劇角色“黑爵士”，“監獄風雲之少年犯”，“新政治家”和“底”。
Brunskill管理他的經紀人，凱特·本森，告訴CNN馬亞爾突然去世週一;她不知道他的死因。
馬亞爾首次發現廣泛的知名度在學生的情景喜劇“ 監獄風雲之少年犯“，它跑了在BBC兩年了，在美國的MTV後來所示。
該系列產品，這是他合寫，側重於四個室友的生活“卑鄙小人學院。”馬亞爾發揮政治痴迷的詩人里克沿著他的長期搭檔的喜劇阿德埃德蒙森為暴力朋克Vyvyan。
埃德蒙森帶領貢品馬亞爾週一，告訴英國新聞協會通訊社：“當里克和我一起寫的時候我們幾乎笑死了有好幾次。
“他們是一些最無憂無慮的，愚蠢的日子裡，我曾經有過的，我很榮幸有共享他們與他，而現在他的死真的。沒有我，自私的混蛋。”
作家和喜劇演員本·埃爾頓告訴記者協會馬亞爾已經“改變了他的一生”，問他工作在“年輕的。” “他總是讓我哭與笑，現在他只是讓我哭。”
在崇拜喜愛“ 黑爵士 “ -也寫由埃爾頓-馬亞爾是難忘投中風流主Flashheart，誰搶斷成功，在他的眼皮底下反英雄的未婚夫的客串角色-在祭壇上。他的台詞經常被重複的校園和學生酒吧。
在20世紀90年代，他與團聚埃德蒙森為“ 底 “，一個打鬧填充一系列關於誰花大部分時間與任何東西來手互相攻擊猛烈2失業者室友; 這對據報導，想出這個主意的演出，而在生產的塞繆爾·貝克特的虛無主義主演的“等待戈多”。
在Twitter上，作家雨果里夫金德認為，該節目的球迷應該頂禮膜拜馬亞爾在真正的“底”的風格：“今晚回家，找到你愛的人，並打擊他們用煎鍋”
馬亞爾也跨足電影，同時在1991年的帶頭作用“去死吧弗雷德 “，他在其中扮演菲比凱茨的假想的朋友，回國十年後肆虐的現在長大了蓋茨的生活。
馬亞爾在1998年躲過了幾乎致命的四輪摩托車事故; 他在昏迷了崩潰後五天，他的德文郡，英格蘭西南部的農場，並制定癲癇為重型顱腦損傷他遭遇時，他下了自行車被粉碎的結果。
在接受採訪時數年後，他開玩笑說，他“打敗耶穌”由未來死而復生這麼久之後。2006年，他告訴英國觀察報：“我死了五天，耶穌只有死了三個，所以我打了他- 1998年4月17日是我被送到從天上回來的一天。”
他說，事故讓他“更加意識到活著。”
房子明星休·勞瑞，誰與馬亞爾的工作“黑爵士“，走上Twitter的述說一個關於他合演的故事：“一位年輕的女孩，患了晚期癌症，有一次問里克·馬亞爾一個簽名，他寫道：”年輕那些從來不怕。“
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