Sean Lock death – Sean Lock's cause of death was lung cancer, Bill Bailey confirms

COMEDIAN Sean Lock's cause of death was lung cancer, his friend Bill Bailey revealed.

The Eight Out of 10 cats legend passed away earlier this week surrounded by family, sparking tributes from across the world of comedy.

Close friend Bill Bailey told ITV: "He had been diagnosed with lung cancer a few years ago and it was at the time quite a blow, particularly when it was quite advanced.

'We've tried to make the most of the last few years. We spent a lot of time together and went on trips together. And he's continued to work."

Bailey also paid tribute to Lock's "strength" saying: "He was fearless and determined and that's what gave them strength."

Read our Sean Lock blog below for the latest updates on his death…

  • Milica Cosic

    SEAN LOCK BRAVELY SPOKE ABOUT CANCER BATTLE 30 YEARS AGO – BUT ONLY CLOSE PALS KNEW

    The 58-year-old revealed he had suffered skin cancer in 1990 and warned the public about the dangers of not wearing sunscreen.

    Fellow comic Lee Mack said today he’d known of the 8 Out Of 10 Cats star’s illness for “some time”.

    And Jonathan Creek actor Alan Davies said Lock had “quietly wrestled” with his diagnosis.

    Read more here.

  • Milica Cosic

    WHO IS SEAN LOCK’S WIFE ANOUSHKA NARA GILTSOFF?

    Anoushka Nara Giltsoff was born in February 1973, making her nearly a decade younger than her husband, who was born in April 1963.

    It’s not known when the couple officially married or even when they first got together.

    It’s not known what Anoushka did for work before meeting Sean, but it’s believed that after they were married she mostly focused on raising their children and supporting Sean’s stand-up career before his death in August 2021.

    The couple preferred to keep their family life under wraps, and Anoushka largely stayed out of the spotlight despite her husband’s success.

    The couple share three kids, all of which are under the age of 18. Their first daughter was born in 2004, followed by another in 2006. Sean and Anoushka then had a third child in 2009. Not much is known about their children.

  • Milica Cosic

    JACK WHITEHALL SAYS WORLD ‘IS A LESS FUNNY PLACE’ WITHOUT SEAN LOCK

    Following Sean Lock’s passingm comedian Jack Whitehall tweeted: “So sad about Sean Lock. He was such a special comedian.

    “One of the quickest, most naturally witty people I’ve ever worked with. World’s a less funny place without him. RIP.”

  • Milica Cosic

    SEAN LOCK ‘SPENT HIS FINAL MONTHS IN A HOSPICE’ (CONTINUED…)

    The star was best known for his deadpan humour as he appeared on panel shows 8 Out Of 10 Cats and 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

    His friend and fellow comedian Harry Hill said Lock had called him from a hospice a few months ago, the Telegraph reported.

    Hill – a former doctor – said: “He struggled with [the illness] – he went through all the same emotions anyone in that position would experience. But he was stoical about it.

    “Because he was so bright, he read up on all the latest treatments. He knew much more about that side of medicine than I ever did.”

  • Milica Cosic

    SEAN LOCK ‘SPENT HIS FINAL MONTHS IN A HOSPICE’ BEFORE DYING AT HOME AGED 58 AND WAS ‘LAUGHING UNTIL THE END’

    SEAN Lock spent his final months in a hospice before dying at home and was “laughing until the end”, his friends said.

    Comedian Lock, 58, died yesterday following a lengthy battle with can. His friend and fellow comedian Harry Hill said Lock had called him from a hospice a few months ago, the Telegraph reported.

    Hill – a former doctor – said: “He struggled with [the illness] – he went through all the same emotions anyone in that position would experience. But he was stoical about it.

    “Because he was so bright, he read up on all the latest treatments. He knew much more about that side of medicine than I ever did.”

    Bill Bailey, one of Lock’s closest friends, said he kept his sense of humour even as his health was rapidly declining, saying: “Even in his last few days, we were still having a laugh, still joking, still coming up with ideas. We had great conversations. I brought in my guitar and sang him his favourite Johnny Cash songs.”

  • Milica Cosic

    EXPLAINED: WHO WAS SEAN LOCK?

    Born in Woking, Surrey on April 22, 1963 the comedy star left school in the early 1980s and began working on building sites before switching to stand-up comedy.

    The TV star, known for his surreal content and deadpan style, was a team captain on Jimmy Carr’s Channel 4 comedy panel show 8 Out Of 10 Cats and spin-off 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

    He also wrote and starred in the popular BBC sitcom 15 Storeys High.

    Sean also appeared on other panel shows including Have I Got News for You, QI, and They Think It’s All Over.

  • Milica Cosic

    EDDIE IZZARD REMEMBERS ‘BEAUTIFULLY SURREAL’ COMEDY OF SEAN LOCK

    Eddie Izzard has paid tribute to the “beautifully surreal” comedy of Sean Lock, following his death at 58, saying: “His legacy lives on forever.” The 8 Out Of 10 Cats star died surrounded by his family after a battle with cancer and tributes from the world of comedy have flooded in.

    Comedian Izzard told the PA news agency: “I think Sean Lock started in comedy at almost exactly the same time as me, so we were contemporaries.

    “I do this weird, surreal stuff, but his stuff was beautifully surreal and I was kind of jealous of what Sean could do, because his mind jumped around. I don’t know if he wrote but he must have sat down and written some stuff, but it would flash across and come up with such crazy imagery.

    “He does beautiful, surreal imagery, but he also goes to a dark or impish place, which you wouldn’t expect or most audiences are not expecting, and I encourage people to go online – ‘Sean Lock’, put that into Google and look up his best bits on YouTube and you will see his work and especially on the panel games, you can see that he’s just riffing.

    “He’s riffing, and he’s going to this place and people are just falling out and other comedians are falling about. That is the thing. you’re trying to get other comedians laughing and that’s what he could do. He could go to places we weren’t expecting anyone to go to.”

  • Milica Cosic

    IN PICTURES: SEAN LOCK TAKES PART IN MALDON MUD RACE IN 2011

    Pictures from 2011 have emerged of Sean Lock taking part in the Maldon Mud Race in Essex.

    Famous and non famous faces alike ended up covered in mud after the mucky annual event.

    Watched by more than 10,000 spectators, the 250 participants in the wacky event raced each other 50-yards (457m) across the mud filled bed of the River Blackwater.

  • Milica Cosic

    EXPLAINED: HOW HE DISCOVERED HE HAD CANCER

    Sean Lock was diagnosed with skin cancer following a one-night stand in his 20s.

    “She noticed something about me that I hadn’t,” he said.

    “She said there was something weird on my back.

    “I asked her what it looked like and she said it was a patch of skin which was black, misshapen, with a crusty texture and about the size of a 10p piece.

    “I had no idea how long it had been there.”

    Doctors who diagnosed him in 1990 said that if he had booked an appointment four months later, the cancer may well have been incurable.

  • Milica Cosic

    CHANNEL 4 STATEMENT

    Channel 4 bosses – who worked with Sean for more than 20 years – also paid tribute to the comic.

    A statement read: “Incredibly sad to learn of the loss of one of our greatest comedians, Sean Lock.

    “A much loved part of the C4 family he’s played a huge role on the channel for over 2 decades, and we’ll miss him. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.”

  • Milica Cosic

    PIERS MORGAN PAYS TRIBUTE TO SEAN LOCK AFTER COMEDIAN SAID HE WANTED HIS ‘ASHES SPREAD IN TV HOSTS’S EYES’

    He made light of the jibe as he joined celebrities in paying their respects to the 8 Out of 10 Cats star following his death.

    Piers shared one of the comic’s funniest lines: “If I could have my ashes spread anywhere I wanted, I’d have them spread in Piers Morgan’s eyes.”

    The 56-year-old added: “RIP Sean Lock.”

    Controversial TV presenter Piers was the butt of Sean’s jokes a number of times in the past.

    Writing for The Times in 2010, Sean said: “If Piers Morgan were funny, how pleased he’d be with himself.

    “He’s the smuggest man on the planet already.

    “All he does is sit down and breathe.

    “If he could tell jokes, he’d get the first smug-induced hernia.”

  • Milica Cosic

    COMEDY WORLD MOURNS DEATH OF 'ONE OF THE VERY BEST' SEAN LOCK

    The world of comedy has paid tribute to "one of the very best" following the death of Sean Lock aged 58 on Wednesday.

    The TV star and comedian died from cancer at home surrounded by his family, a statement from his agent Off The Kerb productions said.

    Jon Richardson, who was a team captain alongside Lock on Channel 4's 8 Out Of 10 Cats and 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, led tributes to the 15 Storeys High star.

    Richardson tweeted: "I idolised Sean as a comic long before I became a comedian myself and ten years working alongside him didn't diminish that in the least. An incredible comic brain and a truly unique voice."

    In a second tweet, he wrote: "I'm devastated for his family today and sad for comedy that we have lost one of the very best. Undisputed, undefeated, carrot in a box champion. I will miss him."

  • Milica Cosic

    BILL BAILEY PAYS TRIBUTE TO SEAN LOCK’S STRENGTH

    Bill Bailey also paid tribute to Lock’s “strength”.

    He told ITV News: “A lot of comics are talking about the fact that he inspired them to become comedians.

    “He was the one that gave them the strength and courage to carry on as comedians – it’s a tough business.

    “He was fearless and determined and that’s what gave them strength.”

  • Milica Cosic

    SITCOM STARDOM

    In 2000, Lock won the British Comedy Award for best live comic and two years later he wrote and starred in his own BBC sitcom, 15 Storeys High.

    The series, co-starring Marvel actor Benedict Wong, was partly inspired by Lock’s own experiences living in tower blocks.

    "I liked the fact that 15 Storeys High captured a slice of modern life – going home and having shepherds' pie," he told the Huffington Post.

    But it was as a team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats and its Countdown spinoff that Lock cemented his status as one of Britain’s best-loved comics over the last 16 years.

    He once told Heyuguys he didn’t think he’d have been very employable if comedy hadn’t worked out, as he was “very independently minded, I’m quite sociable but not necessarily cooperative, I’ve got no qualifications, very few skills – apart from being a smartarse”.

    Not that comedy was effortless for Lock, who stressed the importance of hard graft in writing good material.

    Read more here.

  • Milica Cosic

    HOW COMIC DISCOVERED CANCER AFTER A ONE-NIGHT STAND 30 YEARS AGO BEFORE BECOMING A HOUSEHOLD NAME

    Lock had only been dabbling in comedy for a couple of years when a woman, known simply as “Tina”, spotted “something weird” on his back.

    “I asked her what it looked like and she said it was a patch of skin which was black, misshapen, with a crusty texture and about the size of a 10p piece,” Lock told the Daily Mail in 2010.

    His GP referred him immediately to a dermatologist who confirmed the suspect skin was in fact a malignant melanoma.

    Medics successfully removed the cancer – but warned that it would have almost certainly spread if it had been spotted later.

    “'I never saw Tina again, but if I happen to bump into her, the first thing I'll tell her is that she saved my life,” Lock added.

  • Milica Cosic

    JACK WHITEHALL SAYS WORLD ‘IS A LESS FUNNY PLACE’ WITHOUT SEAN LOCK

    Following Sean Lock’s passingm comedian Jack Whitehall tweeted: “So sad about Sean Lock. He was such a special comedian.

    “One of the quickest, most naturally witty people I’ve ever worked with. World’s a less funny place without him. RIP.”

  • Milica Cosic

    SEAN LOCK FANS CALL FOR HIS SPOOF ‘TIGER WHO CAME FOR A PINT’ BOOK TO BE PUBLISHED IN HONOUR

    Sean Lock fans are urging publishers to release copies of the comedian’s take on children’s book The Tiger who Came to Tea to raise money for charity.

    Sean’s joke became one of his most-popular moments on spin-off 8 Out of 10 Cats does Countdown and clips have been widely shared by supporters online.

    In it, Sean’s tiger protagonist longs for “a pint that packs a punch like Stella or Kronenbourg” to “wash down the zookeeper he’d just eaten”.

    The book continues: “He liked the atmosphere of Wetherspoons. Plus he was barred from the King’s Head for mauling the darts team.

    “The tiger drank his pint quietly beside the quiz machine. Soon, what with the beer, fags and flame-grilled McCoy’s, he’d spent all his money. But he didn’t half have a thirst on.”

    Read more here.

  • Milica Cosic

    SEAN LOCK LEFT £3MILLION FORTUNE TO HIS FAMILY

    Sean Lock has left his family a fortune of around £3million after his tragic cancer death.

    The comedian passed away this week aged 58 after a long battle with cancer.

    Annual accounts for his Sean Lock Ltd company had cash reserves of just over £1million.

    Documents posted on Companies House last month also show he had total assets – including property worth £350,000 – of £2.8million.

    The dad-of-three, who starred on 8 Out of 10 Cats and 8 Our of 10 Cats Does Countdown, is also said to have earned more than £1million in 2019.

    Read more here.

  • Milica Cosic

    TRAGIC SEAN LOCK SEEN IN FINAL PUBLIC VIDEO BEFORE HE DIED AGED 58 SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY

    The comedian, much loved for his roles in 8 Out Of 10 Cats and hit spin off 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, was seen in a video shared on Instagram by food charity Edible London in December.

    Wearing a black turtle-neck jumper, Sean – who previously battled skin cancer in 1990 – looked thinner than he has in previous years.

    In the clip, Sean introduces himself as "that bloke off the telly who's name you can't remember". 

    He urged viewers to "check out" the charity's website, as it launched a crowdfunder to combat food poverty in the UK.

    It comes as a picture showing his last public outing has emerged.

    The Channel 4 star is seen walking near to his London home in 2018.

    Sean's agent today confirmed that the dad-of-three passed away from cancer surrounded by his loving family, as friends reveal he had 'quietly wrestled with illness'.

  • Milica Cosic

    EXPLAINED: WHO IS SEAN LOCK’S WIFE ANOUSHKA NARA GILTSOFF?

    Anoushka Nara Giltsoff was born in February 1973, making her nearly a decade younger than her husband, who was born in April 1963.

    It’s not known when the couple officially married or even when they first got together.

    It’s not known what Anoushka did for work before meeting Sean, but it’s believed that after they were married she mostly focused on raising their children and supporting Sean’s stand-up career before his death in August 2021.

    The couple preferred to keep their family life under wraps, and Anoushka largely stayed out of the spotlight despite her husband’s success.

    The couple share three kids, all of which are under the age of 18. Their first daughter was born in 2004, followed by another in 2006. Sean and Anoushka then had a third child in 2009. Not much is known about their children.

  • Milica Cosic

    WHAT HAVE FANS SAID ABOUT SEAN LOCK'S CARROT IN A BOX GAME?

    Following the news of Sean's death, the Carrot in a Box clip was widely shared on Twitter.

    One fan wrote: “Sean Lock’s genius game of carrot in a box is one of my favourite moments of television ever, what a man. Rest in peace.”

    While this one tweeted: “Carrot in a box will always be legendary."

    Another said: "What a huge loss, dude was one of a kind. Will always remember the carrot in the box skit."

  • Milica Cosic

    EXPLAINED: WHAT WAS SEAN LOCK’S CARROT IN A BOX GAME?

    The moment happened during a Christmas special episode of the quiz show 8 Out of 10 Cats.

    It centred around a bluffing game, in which both Sean and co-star Jon Richardson were presented with their own box, one of which contained a carrot.

    One comic would look in their box and then convince the other to swap the box or not, with the aim of the game being to end up with the box with the carrot in it.

    Sean looked first, and said: “I’ll keep this, it’s got the carrot in.”

    Jon chose to swap the boxes, telling his opponent: “Can I just say, at this point if there’s no carrot in that box, you are a genius.”

    It then turned out that Sean had been bluffing, with the comic pretending to twiddle an imaginary moustache as his plan was unveiled.

    Jon then mock stormed out of the studio in response.

  • Milica Cosic

    SEAN LOCK LEFT £3MILLION FORTUNE TO HIS FAMILY

    Sean Lock has left his family a fortune of around £3million after his tragic cancer death.

    The comedian passed away this week aged 58 after a long battle with cancer.

    Annual accounts for his Sean Lock Ltd company had cash reserves of just over £1million.

    Documents posted on Companies House last month also show he had total assets – including property worth £350,000 – of £2.8million.

    The dad-of-three, who starred on 8 Out of 10 Cats and 8 Our of 10 Cats Does Countdown, is also said to have earned more than £1million in 2019.

    Read more here.

  • Milica Cosic

    8 OUT OF 10 CATS REGULAR JOE LYCETT SAYS HE’LL MISS SEAN LOCK

    Fellow comedian and 8 Out of 10 Cats regular Joe Lycett tweeted: “The Sean Lock news has made me very sad.

    “Of course his stand-up and panel show work was exemplary but 15 Storeys High is a truly beautiful thing.

    “I’ll really miss working with him and trying to make him laugh. A sad day for comedy.”

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    BILL BAILEY REVEALS SEAN LOCK DIED OF LUNG CANCER AFTER BATTLING THE DISEASE ‘FOR A FEW YEARS’

    Bill Bailey has revealed Sean Lock died of lung cancer after a lengthy battle with the disease that lasted “a few years”.

    The 8 Out of 10 Cats and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown star passed away this week aged 58 surrounded by his family.

    Fellow comedian Bailey has now told how Lock was given the devastating lung cancer diagnosis a few years ago.

    He told ITV: “He had been diagnosed with lung cancer a few years ago and it was at the time quite a blow, particularly when it was quite advanced. We tried to make the most of the last few years. We spent a lot of time together and went on trips together. And he’s continued to work.

    “He’s amazingly courageous and tough individual who was mentally strong throughout the whole time. I’m just grateful for the time we have had together.”

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