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The comedian and actor Rik Mayall. His Young Ones co-star Nigel Planer pays tribute.

Also the psychiatrist Dr. Lorna Wing who studied autism and coined the term Asperger's Syndrome.

The children's writer and illustrator Eric Hill - creator of Spot the Dog

And Billie Fleming who - in 1938 - set out to demonstrate the benefits of cycling by riding her bike every day. She averaged 80 miles a day and still holds the record for the longest distance cycled by a woman in a year - over 29 thousand miles. Show less