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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Vanessa Thorpe

Edinburgh notebook: ‘Rik Mayall was like Bad Santa to us’

Red Richardson performing drink in hand
Red Richardson is performing his second full-length show. Photograph: Edward Moore

Driving Rik Mayall around would be entertaining work for anyone, but for the young Red Richardson, the job he had in his 20s was the continuation of a childhood bond.

Mayall, who died suddenly in 2014 at the age of 56, was a near neighbour in South Devon, but he was also Richardson’s father’s close friend.

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