Rik Mayall's wife has said there is no explanation for the 56-year-old comedian's death on Monday.
"We don't know yet what happened," Barbara Robbin told reporters. "He had a strong heart so I don't think it was a heart attack."
"Maybe he had a fit, maybe it was his heart. We just don't know until the coroner's report."
Mayall starred in comedies such as The Young Ones and Bottom. Police said his death is not believed to be suspicious.
He died on Monday at his home in Barnes, south London.
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Ben Elton, who co-wrote The Young Ones and Blackadder, paid tribute to star, calling him "an inspiration".
He said: "I met Rik when I was 18 and his friendship and extraordinary comic talent have been an inspiration to me ever since.
"I owe him so much, he changed my life utterly when he asked me to co-write The Young Ones with him and he was with me on the day I met my wife.
"He always made me cry with laughter, now he's just made me cry."
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The Young Ones also starred Mayall's comedy partner Ade Edmondson, who he met at Manchester University and later created cult slapstick sitcom Bottom with.
"There were times when Rik and I were writing together when we almost died laughing," said Edmondson.
"They were some of the most carefree stupid days I ever had, and I feel privileged to have shared them with him.
"And now he's died for real. Without me. Selfish bastard."
Mayall played obnoxious, poetry-writing anarchist Rick in The Young Ones, who happened to be obsessed with Cliff Richard.
The cast of the comedy and the veteran pop star teamed up for the first Comic Relief song, a chart-topping charity version of his hit single Living Doll in 1986, and Richard has paid tribute to Mayall.
"I became a fan of his when he was in The Young Ones show and was always thrilled when he used my name during his series.
"I am so sad at his parting."
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Stephen Fry paid tribute on Twitter from a transatlantic flight: "Crossing the Atlantic with wifi. Simply distraught to hear of the death of Rik Mayall. An authentic comedy genius and a prince among men."
The actor, who was married with three children, was left seriously ill after a quad bike accident in 1998 which left him in a coma for several days.
He was a pioneer of the 1980s alternative comedy scene, and got his big break at The Comic Strip Club which led to cult television hit The Comic Strip Presents.
Other much loved roles included the film Drop Dead Fred and the loud-mouthed and lecherous Lord Flashheart in BBC comedy series Blackadder, starring Rowan Atkinson.
The actor appeared in the second and fourth series, shouting catchphrases such as "woof!" and "let's do-oo-oo it!".BBCNew
He also played the smooth, scheming Conservative politician Alan B'Stard in The New Statesman, which ran on ITV from 1986 to 1992.
Writing in the Daily Mail, the show's co-writer Maurice Gran revealed Mayall had wanted "to do something a bit more grown up, as the world saw him as a spotty, skinny youth".
"The word genius has been cheapened by overuse, but in Rik's case no other word will do."
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