Rik Mayall joins long list of comedians who died before their time

Rik Mayall wasn’t the only comedian to die too soon. Here are 10 more with some of their best gags, writes Dave Kenny.

RIK MAYALL, the genius who helped invent alternative comedy has died aged 56.

His breakthrough show, The Young Ones, was the Monty Python of the 1980s and launched the careers of stars like Ben Elton.