Mourners clapped and cheered during Rik Mayalls funeral today after his friend and long-term collaborator Adrian Edmondson looked close to tears as he helped carry his rose-covered wicker coffin. The Young Ones, Bottom and Blackadder star died suddenly at the age of 56 after a heart attack last week. Comedy stars Nigel Planer, Ruby Wax, Jennifer Saunders, Alan Rickman, Ben Elton, Alexei Sayle and Dawn French were among mourners who attended the service at St Georges Church in Dittisham, Devon. They joined Mr Mayalls wife Barbara and children, Rosie, 28, Sidney, 26, and Bonnie, 18, who previously described him as a ‘wonderful, generous, foul-mouthed husband and father. Around 140 loved-ones attended, mainly dressed sombrely in black, to celebrate the career of the star, who died on Monday June 9 at his home in Barnes, south west London. But during the service, led by Father Will Hazlewood, the mourners were heard to cheering and clapping inside the church and guests filed out to the Van Morrison hit Brown Eyed Girl. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2662486/Last-respects-comic-genius-Friends-family-Rik-Mayall-including-Ben-Elton-Dawn-French-Ruby-Wax-gather-Devon-church-Young-Ones-stars-funeral.html#ixzz357oOW0yH Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 22:00:34 +0000