A pioneer of alternative comedy, Rik Mayall was one of Britain's most loved and recognisable sitcom actors.
His comedy partnership with Adrian Edmondson helped propel him to fame in the 1980s, when his performances as pompous student and Cliff Richard devotee Rik in The Young Ones made him a regular fixture on television screens up and down the country.
Together they went on to produce Bottom in the 1990s, with Mayall playing Richard 'Richie' Richard.
His CV also includes appearances in Blackadder and The New Statesman, but it wasn't just the small screen where he made an impact.
Love for the 1991 film Drop Dead Fred in which Mayall played the lead role is such that it trended on Twitter following news of his passing.
Mayall started on stage in a duo, The Dangerous Brothers, with Edmondson after they met at Manchester University. They would go on to become two of the best known faces of the Eighties.
Mayall (left) and long-time collaborator Adrian Edmondson He was voted into the top 50 Comedians' Comedian in 2005 - and later ranked number 91 in a poll of Top Stand-Up Comedians.
Mayall married Scottish make-up artist Barbara Robbin in 1985, and together they had three children.
In 1998 the family feared he would die after a quad bike crash. He recovered after five days in a coma.
Speaking about the accident last year, Mayall said doctors had been about to turn off his life support machine when he began showing signs of life.
In the years that followed he would mark the anniversary by exchanging presents with his wife and children.
"The main difference between now and before my accident is I'm just very glad to be alive," he said.
"Other people get moody in their forties and fifties - men get the male menopause. I missed the whole thing. I was just really happy."
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