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RIP Sean Lock – if anything was going to kill him, I thought it would’ve been this. If you haven't seen it before, you're in for a treat. Sean Lock gently roasting Jedward has lived rent free in my mind for a decade.

What an immense presence and talent, may he rest in peace. One of the many great Sean Lock moments ingrained into my mind is when he gets to speak on the first 8 Out Of 10 Cats episode after news of Jimmy Carr's tax scandal broke. Sean Lock on Thatcher remains undefeated. Sean Lock was once asked on 8 Out Of 10 Cats how he’d define himself…his response was predictably hilarious. “RIP Sean Lock.”īut beyond celebrities sharing their cherished memories of Lock, people around the world have also paid tribute to the comedian, and all the joy he brought to the world, by sharing their favourite Sean Lock moments - of which, as expected, there were many. “‘If I could have my ashes spread anywhere I wanted, I’d have them spread in Piers Morgan’s eyes’,” Morgan tweeted along with a photo of Lock. My heart goes out to his family.Įven Piers Morgan, a man who was constantly the butt of Lock’s jokes on 8 Out Of 10 Cats, paid tribute to the comedian by sharing a self-effacing joke that was made about him on Adam Hill’s The Last Leg. Such complete brilliance in every comic direction. Oh no, what horrible news… I think it safe to say that the best episodes of QI that I was involved with were always the ones where Sean Lock was a guest. An incredible comic brain and a truly unique voice. 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. I’m watching clips of him right now – laughing & crying. “Such complete brilliance in every comic direction. “I think it safe to say that the best episodes of QI that I was involved with were always the ones where Sean Lock was a guest,” added Fry. “Undisputed, undefeated, carrot in a box champion. I’m devastated for his family today and sad for comedy that we have lost one of the very best.” “An incredible comic brain and a truly unique voice. “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,” said Richardson.

I’m watching clips of him right now - laughing and crying. Guests on the show included Alan Davies, Johnny Vaughan, David Mitchell, Bill Bailey, Johnny Vegas and Nick Hancock.“I loved him.
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In 2005 Lock became a regular team captain on the panel show 8 Out Of 10 Cats, a role he held for 18 series.īetween 20 he hosted the Channel 4 series TV Heaven, Telly Hell, in which he invited celebrities to share their own selection of television's triumphs and tragedies. The show was set in a tower block and centred on a pessimistic character called Vince (played by Lock) and his flatmate Errol, played by Benedict Wong. He script-edited the 1998 BBC Two series Is It Bill Bailey? and had his own show on BBC Radio 4 called 15 Minutes of Misery, which was later expanded into television series 15 Storeys High.
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One of his first professional television appearances was in 1993, starring alongside Rob Newman and David Baddiel on their signature show Newman and Baddiel In Pieces.
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He made a full recovery and focused on a career in comedy.

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Scottish comedian Janey Godley said: “Sean Lock off stage, sitting telling you a story that will make you laugh so hard it hurts your kidneys, is the best experience anyone can have.”īorn in Woking, in Surrey, Lock left school in the early 1980s and began working on building sites but developed skin cancer, which he blamed on overexposure to the sun.
