Don’t know how true this is but this tweet has appeared on my timeline
Oh Rik Mayall was such a sad one. I really hoped he would live forever like DVDFamous deaths on this day (09/06) in history
68AD Nero, fiddler
1870 Charles Dickens, Christmas fan
1871 Anna Atkins, first person to publish a book illustrated with photographs
1923 Princess Helena, daughter of Queen Vicky
1944 Nintey-nine people of the French town of Tulle, hanged by the SS bastards
1958 Robert Donat, actor. Mmm. Donat.
1996 Walter Pardon, I SAID WALTER! British folk singer
2013 Iain Banks (aka Iain M. Banks), Scottish author and whiskey fan
2014 Rik Mayall, you all know who that is
2017 Adam West, Batman
Adrian Edmondson's autobiography has some interesting things to say about Rik post-accident.Oh Rik Mayall was such a sad one. I really hoped he would live forever like DVD
Was there not a similar story about him some years back, that wound up being a hoax?Don’t know how true this is but this tweet has appeared on my timeline
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He went out doing what he loved! Flying. I suspect he’d have rather gone that way than any other !Survived going to space only to be killed in a plane crash aged 90, what awful luck
definitely was a sad one and unexpected tooOh Rik Mayall was such a sad one. I really hoped he would live forever like DVD
Confirmed it seems (I can't link for some reason but its on the Mail.)Don’t know how true this is but this tweet has appeared on my timeline
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just come through as bbc breaking news on phone so trueConfirmed it seems (I can't link for some reason but its on the Mail.)
I hope he'll pull through, always liked him back in the day when I used follow football.just come through as bbc breaking news on phone so true
Yeah my dad is a huge Liverpool supporter and he's absolutely gutted. Like you said when it's made public, it doesn't have a good prognosisI hope he'll pull through, always liked him back in the day when I used follow football.
However, it's usually the case when it's made public like this the outlook isn't great.
Mail are all over it!Yeah my dad is a huge Liverpool supporter and he's absolutely gutted. Like you said when it's made public, it doesn't have a good prognosis![]()
I'm still not over Rik's passing. I utterly adored himFamous deaths on this day (09/06) in history
68AD Nero, fiddler
1870 Charles Dickens, Christmas fan
1871 Anna Atkins, first person to publish a book illustrated with photographs
1923 Princess Helena, daughter of Queen Vicky
1944 Nintey-nine people of the French town of Tulle, hanged by the SS bastards
1958 Robert Donat, actor. Mmm. Donat.
1996 Walter Pardon, I SAID WALTER! British folk singer
2013 Iain Banks (aka Iain M. Banks), Scottish author and whiskey fan
2014 Rik Mayall, you all know who that is
2017 Adam West, Batman
Gutted.
same we thought it was the music mogul himself tooMust admit I did a double take at my phone when the news alert popped up saying Simon Cowell dead