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British comedian and actor Rik Mayall has died aged 56, according to his management team.

He played the obnoxious, poetry-writing anarchist Rick in The Young Ones alongside his friend Adrian Edmondson before the duo later went on to star in their sitcom Bottom.

Mayall also appeared in shows including Blackadder and The New Statesman.

He died at home in London. The Metropolitan Police said the death was not believed to be suspicious.

They said they were called to reports of a sudden death of a man in his 50s at 13:19 BST on Monday, in Barnes in south west London.

London Ambulance Service said "a man, aged in his 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene".

The actor, who was married with three children, was left seriously ill after a quad bike accident in 1998 which left him in a coma for several days.

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I just got an alert from the bank that my money finally came through and I'm so tempted to leave right now (at 3 am) to go to Denny's and get a motherfucking waffle.

Or maybe I'll wait a few hours and get the breakfast buffet at Eat 'n Park.