I hardly know him. I just didn't grow up with "The Young Ones" (although I'd like to give it a watch) and the first time I saw him was when I watched the "Drop Dead Fred" review by Doug Walker.
But when I read yesterday that he died it was kinda creepy. Why? Well, right now I'm reading "The Fry Chronicles" by Stephen Fry (whom I'm a fan of). Now I'm reading the parts in which he describes his first years after Cambridge when he was working in the show biz and he also wrote often about Rik Mayall, his talents and his works. Yesterday evening I had a short reading break, looked at Wikipedia and read that Mayall died.
This gave me a weird feeling afterwards when I continued reading.