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Helped carry the coffin of his comedy partner Rik Mayall at his funeral in June 2014.

Met best friend and comedy partner Rik Mayall at Manchester University in 1975.

His wife, Jennifer Saunders, named Edina Monsoon her character in Absolutely Fabulous (1992) after him.

Has three daughters: Ella Edmondson, Beattie Edmondson and Freya Edmondson.

Is the second oldest of four siblings.