Actor Rik Mayall, who many may not remember as being cast and even working on
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone as Peeves the Poltergeist, died recently at the age of 56, his management has said. No footage as of yet featuring Mayall as Peeves has been released by Warner Bros. or any other avenues.
From Sky News; no word yet on what caused his death.
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Mayall was best-known for the TV shows The Young Ones and Bottom, both of which he starred alongside Adrian Edmondson.
He was also in several other programmes including The New Statesman, The Comic Strip Presents and Blackadder.
The star was left seriously ill after a quad bike accident in 1998 which left him in a coma for several days.
But he was working until recently.