‘Death is so in right now’: Rik Mayall

Comic star Rik Mayall recorded the voiceover for a short animation about death just months before he passed away.

The black comedy ‘Don’t Fear Death’ is said to be one of Mayall’s last television appearances.

The three-minute sketch celebrates the lighter side of dying and opens with Mayall, 56, saying ‘death is so in right now’.

It was screened on Channel 4 in August as part of its Random Acts series and includes the line death ‘is your passport to complete and utter freedom’.

Rik Mayall in one of his final sketches: 'Death is so in right now'
‘Death is so in right now’: Rik Mayall (Picture: Rex)

Meanwhile, a video believed to be the last footage of the comedy great has emerged.

Mayall is seen messing about on the set of his last film – The Escape – days before his death.

Bottom, starring Rik Mayall as Richie and Adrian Edmondson as Eddie
Bottom, starring Rik Mayall as Richie and Adrian Edmondson as Eddie (Picture: BBC)

He had returned from Portugal where he was filming at the beginning of the month.

The Young Ones and Bottom star larks about and indulges in slapstick.

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