Comedy legend Rik Mayall died a year ago today.
The star of the Young Ones, The New Statesman, Blackadder and Bottom suffered a fatal heart attack on 9 June 2014, aged just 56.
Fans have been posting social media tributes to Rik throughout the day to mark the somber anniversary – and Letters of Note, a blog that ‘gathers and sort fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos’, has been tweeting and retweeting some of the crude, offensive and brilliant letters written by the star throughout his life.
Some are genuine replies to fan mail, others spoof letters written for publication. For more,… Read the full story