Comedian known for his deadpan observational humour and as a longstanding team captain on TV’s 8 Out of 10 CatsSean Lock, who has died of cancer aged 58, was a bespectacled, besuited and well-groomed standup comedian who projected a constant air of puz…
Sean Lock – a life in pictures
A retrospective of the life and career of the comedian, who has died from cancer at the age of 58Harry Hill on Sean Lock – tributeComedian Sean Lock dies aged 58 Continue reading…
Sean Lock (1963 – 2021)
English comedian Sean Lock has died of cancer at age 58. A stand up comedian and mainstay of British panel shows, he was also the winner of Carrot in a Box, and the Carrot in a Box Rematch.
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